Second Vatican Council

The Vatican has cut ties with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) after it consecrated bishops without papal approval, leading to excommunications. Traditionalist Catholics affiliated with SSPX continue attending Mass and sacraments, despite Vatican warnings that these services are invalid. The society, which opposes Vatican II reforms, argues its mission to preserve traditional liturgy remains unchanged.

Pope Leo XIV excommunicated bishops from the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) who consecrated new bishops without papal approval, declaring the group in schism. The Vatican revoked the SSPX's sacramental rights and urged Catholics to disengage, following decades of attempts to reconcile with the traditionalist group opposing Second Vatican Council reforms.

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) plans to consecrate four bishops without Pope Leo XIV's consent, incurring automatic excommunication and a schismatic act. The group, founded in opposition to Vatican II reforms, has grown despite its lack of legal status in the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV urged the Society of St. Pius X to abandon plans to consecrate four bishops without Vatican approval, calling it a 'sin of extreme gravity' and warning it risks deepening a decades-old split with the Church. The group, which rejects post-Vatican II reforms, claims a 'state of necessity' requires the consecration, echoing a 1988 schismatic act that led to excommunications.

Pope Leo XIV urged the Society of St. Pius X to cancel its planned consecration of four bishops without papal approval, calling it a schismatic act and a 'sin of extreme gravity.' The Vatican warned of automatic excommunication for those involved, marking a crisis for the pope's efforts to maintain church unity.

Pope Leo XIV urged the Society of St. Pius X to abandon its plan to consecrate four bishops without papal approval, calling the act schismatic and a 'sin of extreme gravity.' The Vatican warned that proceeding would result in automatic excommunication for those involved.