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Posted on 07/01/2026 7:06:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In an appeal made public June 30, Pope Leo XIV has personally urged the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to not follow through with their planned July 1 episcopal ordinations, which lack the Pope’s approval.
“I pray for you, because to tear the seamless garment of Christ is a sin of extreme gravity,” the Pope wrote in the June 29 letter to SSPX Superior General Father Davide Pagliarani.
The Pontiff began the letter by stating that he is addressing Father Pagliarani and through him all of the clergy and faithful connected to the SSPX “with a paternal heart, and aware of the responsibility entrusted to me by the Lord as the Successor of the Apostle Peter.”
The Holy See Press Office published the letter in eight languages, surpassing its typical total of three to four translations of press releases and addresses.
“The Church recognizes the devotion to liturgical life, commitment to priestly formation, apostolic zeal and desire for fidelity to Tradition that characterize many people and communities connected to your Fraternity,” Pope Leo wrote. “This has motivated the attentive and generous attitude that my Predecessors have consistently shown to you.
“In this spirit, and filled with Christian affection, I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back! I urge you to consider carefully the spiritual good of the faithful, because the schismatic act you are about to undertake would deprive them of the licit and, in some cases, even valid reception of the Sacraments, which they love and seek for their sanctification.”
After the SSPX announced it would hold episcopal ordinations July 1 without the Pope’s approval, the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Victor Fernandez, met with Father Pagliarani to try to find a tenable path forward. The Vatican proposed a path of dialogue that required the SSPX to suspend the July 1 plan, but the SSPX rejected the proposal.
Pope Leo emphasized in the letter his prayers for the society and his offer to work toward a solution together, writing: “The Church is open to a path of dialogue and understanding that the Holy Spirit can make possible and fruitful.”
“May the Lord enlighten your consciences and awaken your hearts. With a sorrowful yet hopeful heart, I feel it is my duty, through the authority received from Christ, to ask you to desist from your intended act,” the Pontiff concluded. “I entrust these intentions to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Good Counsel.”
The letter was sent on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, whom Pope Leo had spoken of during Mass and the Angelus June 29 as spiritual leaders who were especially concerned with maintaining unity among the disciples.
The Pope’s warning that the ordinations would be a schismatic act is consistent with an earlier message from Cardinal Fernandez to the SSPX.
On May 13, the Vatican doctrinal chief had issued a statement warning the same and emphasizing that Pope Leo is praying for the SSPX leaders: “The Holy Father continues in his prayers to ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten those responsible for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X so that they may reconsider the extremely grave decision they have taken.”
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Pope Homo Commie II says what?
Does this mean it is now officially a schism?
The matters which Pope Leo consider to be ‘urgent’ never cease to surprise (and annoy) me.
All this new Jew Hatred popping up on the globe, and he’s fretting about ‘unauthorized episcopal ordinations’?
Well, your Pontiff, maybe some Christians don’t think you’ve been acting like a leader of His Flock should be acting here lately.
In 1988, there was an offer of a bishop and personal prelature. Nothing was put on the table this time. Recognizing the two bishops and allowing one consecration chosen from. the candidates by the Holy See could be a good compromise, but long before June 30.
Who is this Pope to make pronouncements on sin?
If it wasn’t last time, why would it be this time?
If I recall, for the groups that have taken that offer, they never got what they were promised.
Celtic Conservative says to pope Leo “turn back before you make another harebrained decision”.
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Now he cares about the seamless garment Jesus left behind! After he’s spent the last year trying to tear it to shreds. He’s not a pope I respect or hold allegiance to.
That part of the offer was talked about, but was never made official. They never had a formal expectation of a bishop or PP.
I thought members of SSPX, left and formed FSSP, and were promised a bishop, and either a personal prelature, or some equivalent that they never got. I think ICK also. They eventually did it for Campos, Brazil?
From what I recall, the promise was only a rumor, and I never heard a whisper from anyone in FSSP raise an eyebrow over it. In fact when some of the French FSSP priests wanted to concelebrate a Novus Ordo if France, and Fr. Bisig fought (and lost). He also lost his position. So, they not only did not get a Bishop, but they lost say over who the Superior General of the Order would be. They accepted in an moved on. In the the shadow of Traditio Custodies, that probably served them well. They really are truly maintaining obedience, despite the injustice.
Campos cut its own deal, based off of its own history unique to teh Diocese, and that was considerably later.
did i read that he didn’t actually meet with them? is that true?
How dare he claim to speak for Christ.
The matters which Pope Leo consider to be ‘urgent’ never cease to surprise (and annoy) me. All this new Jew Hatred popping up on the globe, and he’s fretting about ‘unauthorized episcopal ordinations’?Not surprising at all, really. The first known ecclesiastic controversy concerned the matter of apostolic succession in Corinth that was addressed by Clement, fourth bishop of Rome,. Clement’s Letter to the Corinthians is especially important for its being written during the Apostolic Age while John was still living and was taken as the last word on the matter. According to Eusebius, father of church history, Clement’s letter was still being read in parts the Empire as late as the early fourth century.
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