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After the Vatican declares SSPX in formal schism, what's next for the Church?
3+ hour ago (1323+ words) It's also a question of unity " especially when viewed through the lens of Jesus Christ's prayer for his Church "that they may all be one" (John 17: 21) " and of renewing pastoral outreach to SSPX adherents, as some bishops, including one whose…...
Why the SSPX dispute was never really about the Latin Mass
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (176+ words) The Vatican declared 2 July that the six bishops involved in the Society of St Pius X's unauthorized episcopal consecrations had incurred automatic excommunication and said its clergy "are in schism and therefore must be considered schismatics." The decree from Cardinal…...
Archbishop Fisher: Church's doors remain open after SSPX schism
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (418+ words) Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has invited members of the Society of St Pius X(SSPX)to return to full communion with the Catholic Churchafterthe Vatican's declaration that thetraditionalist group is in schism. "I welcome with open arms those who wish…...
Traditionalist groups disown SSPX consecrations
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (872+ words) Conservative Catholics have urged church leaders to make better arrangements for traditionalists who remain loyal to the pope, after leaders of the breakaway Society of St Pius X were excommunicated 2 July for consecrating bishops without papal approval. "I don't agree…...
Vatican supplies Lefebvrite priests, lay faithful with procedure to return to Catholic communion
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (600+ words) The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has established a procedure for both priests and lay faithful connected to the Society of St Pius X to return to Catholic communion, following the society's schismatic act 1 July. The instructions are…...
Bishops call for prayer after SSPX excommunications
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (954+ words) Several US bishops have issued statements expressing sorrow, warning the faithful and urging prayers for unity following the Vatican's 2 July excommunication of adherents of the now-schismatic Society of St Pius X. The Switzerland-based SSPX " which has for decades wrangled with the…...
Pope Leo overhauls Vatican finance watchdog, revises Rome vicariate reforms
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (200+ words) Pope Leo XIV used his traditional Tuesday day off to issue a series of Vatican reforms and appointments 30 June. First, he approved a new statute for the Vatican's financial watchdog, the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority, replacing its president and…...
SSPX carries out unauthorised consecration of 4 bishops despite pope's warning against it
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (722+ words) By Paulina Guzik, Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News Despite a personal appeal from Pope Leo XIV, the Society of St Pius X went ahead 1 July with the unauthorised consecration of four new bishops at its seminary in "c'ne, Switzerland, with…...
Pope Leo names Salesian sister as prefect of Vatican's human development dicastery
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (406+ words) Pope Leo XIV has named Sister Alessandra Smerilli prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, the Vatican announced 30 June, making her the latest woman elevated to lead a major Vatican office under the new pontificate. The pope also…...
Pope Leo XIV asks traditionalist group: 'Please turn back' and avoid schism
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (912+ words) Pope Leo XIV has urged the head of the traditionalist Society of St Pius X to halt the unauthorised consecration of new bishops, warning that the move would cause a formal schism and deprive followers of lawful sacraments. "In this…...