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OPINION: Schism for Thee, But Not for Me: The SSPX, Leo XIV, and the Vatican’s Double Standards, by Chris Jackson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

OPINION: Schism for Thee, But Not for Me: The SSPX, Leo XIV, and the Vatican’s Double Standards, by Chris Jackson

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Photo: Reverend Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X. Source: SSPX Society of Saint Pius X

By Chris Jackson, Hiraeth in Exile, (Substack), Feb 02, 2026

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Modern Rome Embraces Heretics, Schismatics, & Communists While Persecuting Traditional Catholics

On February 2, the Society of St. Pius X publicly announced that new episcopal consecrations will take place on July 1. The Superior General, Fr. Davide Pagliarani, says he requested an audience, wrote again to explain the need, received a letter from the Holy See that “in no way” answered the Society’s requests, and judged that “the objective state of grave necessity in which souls find themselves” requires the decision.

The next months force the Vatican II machine to show its hand again, in public, with the same familiar pattern: thunder at Tradition, soft voices for schism, smiles for the regime in China, gentle language for Eastern separation, and a permanent allergy to precision whenever Rome’s new ecumenical theology starts contradicting itself.

The SSPX has effectively said: Rome will not provide what the crisis demands, so we must. Will Leo XIV try to punish that act of survival while continuing to tolerate, validate, and even canonically absorb acts that would have been treated as genuine schism in any sane Catholic century? …

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