SSPX Defies Pope, Risks Catholic Schism
The ultra-traditionalist Catholic group, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), has consecrated four bishops without papal consent, a move that risks a schism with the church in Rome. This action defied Pope Leo XIV’s plea to reconsider, as the SSPX believes it alone upholds traditional Catholic faith and rejects the Second Vatican Council’s reforms. The group cited a “state of necessity” to minister to its faithful, with only two of its original bishops remaining to serve an international community. This consecration ceremony, held in Switzerland, echoes a similar act 38 years prior that resulted in automatic excommunication.
John Q. Hosedrinker