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SSPX Consecrates Bishops in Defiance of Rome’s Schism Warning, by Victoria Cardiel – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Missa_tridentina.. Elevation of the chalice after the consecration during a Solemn Mass celebrated by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter [image via Wikipedia]

By Victoria Cardiel, EWTN News, (Catholic World Report), July 1, 2026

This story was first published by ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.

 

Victoria CardielPope Leo XIV is not even two years into his pontificate and he is already facing one of the most delicate episodes of his ministry: a new rupture within the Church.

In a defiant move and despite repeated warnings from Rome, the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) went ahead Wednesday with the consecration of four new bishops without a pontifical mandate — an act of open disobedience to the authority of the pope that, under canon law, carries automatic excommunication for the six bishops involved.

The Vatican’s official response is now awaited and could include a formal declaration of schism, as Rome had warned in the days leading up to the ceremony. …

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