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In this Blaze Media article, Joseph MacKinnon reports that the Vatican has declared the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) schismatic and excommunicated all its priests, bishops, and lay adherents after the group proceeded with unauthorized episcopal consecrations.
- The SSPX, founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1970 in opposition to Vatican II reforms, consecrated four new bishops without papal mandate on July 1 in Switzerland, defying repeated warnings from Pope Leo XIV.
- Pope Leo pleaded with SSPX leadership to “turn back,” warning that the act would tear the seamless garment of Christ and deprive faithful of valid sacraments.
- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith decreed automatic excommunication for participants and all adherents, declaring their sacraments illicit and marriages/penance invalid.
- The Vatican emphasized the grave sin of schism while leaving the door open for those wishing to return to full communion.
- The SSPX, with around 600,000 members and 700 priests, views itself as preserving Tradition amid a distressed Church, but Rome sees the unauthorized ordinations as a direct challenge to unity and apostolic succession.
- The move underscores ongoing tensions between traditionalist Catholics and post-Vatican II authority, with SSPX remaining without canonical status despite prior reconciliation efforts.
Read the full story:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/vatican-declares-sspx-schismatic-excommunicates-all-of-its-adherents
