After Vatican's Excommunication, SSPX in Kenya Insists on Catholic Identity, Fighting Archdiocese
The society says the Vatican’s penalties are legally flawed and seeks a peaceful resolution after four bishops were consecrated without papal approval.
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The SSPX Debacle and a Possible Path Back to Unity
by Michael R. Heinlein The Lefebvrites are once again in full schism with the Catholic Church. Backed into a corner by the Society of St. Pius X’s decision to ordain four bishops on July 1, Pope Leo XIV took the necessary steps to foster the Church’s unity when the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a decree of excommunication against the newly ordained the next day. Included in that excommunication are laypeople who persist in consi…
A breakaway Catholic community has appealed to the Vatican the excommunication of all six of its bishops, defying a ban by Pope Leo XIV and consecrating four new bishops.
Religious leaders were ordained without the pope's permission
Pope Leo XIV faces crisis with traditionalist groups The ultra-conservative Catholic group Fraternity St Pius X (SSPX), excluded from the Catholic Church by the Vatican at the beginning of the month, informed on Monday (13) that he presented an appeal against the decision of the Holy See. On July 2, the Vatican declared the SSPX officially "in schism" after the group ordered four bishops without the authorization of Pope Leo XIV. The Holy See ex…
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The Catholic WeeklyAfter Vatican's excommunication, SSPX in Kenya insists on Catholic identity, fighting archdiocese
NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — As African bishops continue to back Pope Leo XIV over the excommunication of the Society of St. Pius X, known as SSPX, the traditionalist group in Kenya rejected the schismatic tag as it moved to assure followers of its Roman Catholic identity. Father Pierre Champroux, the priest in charge of the SSPX’s Holy Cross Parish in Nairobi, claimed in a July 12 release the main mission of the society was to provide the people…
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