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Tag Archives: SSPX
A ‘Cri de Coeur’ from the heartland
From a reader on this 2nd Sunday of Lent. (Note: because of the blog migration Early Tuesday 2 March, comments posted after 0600 EST 11 UTC) will not migrate. That’ll give you time to “think before posting”.) Wanted to pass … Read More
Brief summation of Bp. Schneider’s appeal to Pope Leo about the SSPX
Bishop Athanasius Schneider sent a letter to Pope Leo making an appeal to him about the announcement of the SSPX that they will consecrate bishops. It is at Diane Montagna’s Substack. In my opinion, the letter is a bit too … Read More
Card. Müller: a canonical solution for the SSPX
Not long ago, Bp. Schneider suggested that the SSPX should be canonically recognized and then more fruitful discussions, with the SSPX involved, could be opened up about certain thorny issues. Now, Card. Müller… From a substack Per Mariam Cardinal Gerhard Müller … Read More
“In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas.” The SSPX and the Holy See.
The Superior General of the SSPX, Fr. Davide Pagliarani, issued a communique following his meeting with the Prefect of Doctrine of the Faith. The Prefect’s communique HERE. On 12 February 2026, Reverend Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly … Read More
SSPX meeting with Doctrine of the Faith. Wherein Fr. Z doesn’t exactly rant.
Just to supply a context, two news items. First, From EWTN: China’s Catholic bishops back worship limits, prompting call for Vatican action The state-sanctioned Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCC) backed the government’s ban on unregistered clergy … Read More
SSPX intent to consecrate bishops on 1 July – UPDATED
Everyone knows this by now, but I pretty much have to post. The leadership of the SSPX announced their plans to consecrate bishops on 1 July. They said that their superior had sought an audience with Pope Leo last August. … Read More
Diocese of Charlotte: The community of the SSPX Chapel received a Papal Blessing
Rorate has more HERE but this is the short version. In a remarkable gesture of pastoral solicitude, Pope Leo XIV has extended an Apostolic Blessing to the Society of St. Pius X’s chapel in the Charlotte Diocese of North Carolina: … Read More
SSPX-USA Letter about Pope Leo XIV
The following is a letter on the election of Pope Leo XIV from Fr. John Fullerton, the District Superior of the Society of Saint Pius X in the United States. HERE My emphases and comments. Dear faithful, The election of Cardinal Robert Francis … Read More
SSPX to consecrate more bishops?
From the site Una Vox Italy: On 24 December 2023, the new issue of the Bulletin of the French Priory of Pointet, of the Society of Saint Pius Fraternity. [SSPX] Currently the Fraternity has 3 bishops: Mons. Bernard Fellay, 65 … Read More
How to view the SSPX.
This is interesting from Catholic Family News as a development of the SSPX’s great “proof of concept” project, the building and consecration of their beautiful, huge new church in Kansas, The Immaculata. “While regrettably the Church and the SSPX are … Read More
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