US EditionPope Leo XIV faces crisis as a traditionalist group plans bishop consecrations without consent
The Society of St. Pius X plans new bishop consecrations without papal approval, risking automatic excommunications and threatening church unity amid unresolved Vatican talks.
- The SSPX said yesterday it will proceed with consecrations on July 1 without papal consent to preserve its future.
- Decades of strained ties trace back to the 1988 consecrations, which prompted a rupture with the Vatican; the Vatican excommunicated Lefebvre and four bishops, and the group still lacks legal status in the Church.
- The SSPX argued it must ensure continuity of ministry by citing an `objective state of grave necessity`, as they said the Vatican's reply 'does not in any way respond to our requests.'
- Contacts between the SSPX and the Holy See continue, with the Vatican spokesman suggesting Tuesday that negotiations remain open as Pope Leo seeks to pacify tensions.
- The move could deepen divisions and risk creating a parallel church, as consecrations without papal approval are regarded as a grave threat to church unity, past controversies like Bishop Richard Williamson's remarks intensify tensions.
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The Vatican has stated that it intends to "avoid ruptures" with the Lefebvrians after its challenge to Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV faces crisis as traditionalist group defies Vatican
Vatican City: Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics, after a breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass announced plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent in a threatened revival of schism. The Swiss-based Society of St. Pius X, which has schools, chapels and seminaries around the world, has been a thorn in the side of the Holy See for four decades, opposed to the modernising reforms…
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Pope Leo XIV faces crisis as a traditionalist group plans bishop consecrations without consent
Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass, the Society of St.
Prevost does not receive it and the superior announces that he will make new ordinations on July 1 to ensure the continuity of the ministry, thus repeating the gest...
SSPX announces plans to consecrate new bishops without Vatican permission
The General House of Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) announced Feb. 2 that its bishops will consecrate new bishops in July, noting that it recently received a letter from Pope Leo XIV that “does not in any way respond” to requests its superior general made about ordaining new bishops.
The Fraternity wrote that it had asked for the grace of an audience with the Holy Father in August and that it had sent a second letter in which it expressed the need to ensure the continuity of the ministry of its bishops.
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