Posted on 07/07/2026 11:28:04 AM PDT by ebb tide
Multiple reports indicate that since Cardinal Víctor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández issued a decree of excommunication against the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) for their episcopal consecrations, attendance at SSPX chapels has remained steady or increased.
Re-posting pictures taken outside SSPX chapels this past Sunday as proof, the Mason-Dixon Latin Mass Society shared on Sunday that “SSPX chapels today are standing room only” and that there are lines of people trying to get into chapels that are extending down sidewalks.
“People are kneeling in the streets outside the churches just so they can be present for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,” the X account noted.
Photos shared by the Catholic media group Restoring the Faith show faithful kneeling outside SSPX chapels in Rome and Barcelona due to lack of room in the sanctuary.
A photo of the SSPX chapel in São Paulo, Brazil, shows a long line of people waiting to enter for the 9 a.m. Sunday Mass.
A similar line formed for an SSPX church in northern Idaho, which is a nine minute-drive from a Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) church.
he Catholic Esquire reported that the SSPX priory in Denver “was full” for Mass on Sunday despite the presence of an FSSP parish less than an hour’s drive away.
The snapshots of Mass attendance at SSPX chapels indicate that the Vatican’s threat of excommunication to the faithful who “adhere” to the “schism” of the SSPX has not discouraged attendance at SSPX chapels.
According to Jeff Cassman, one Catholic man said he had not been to Mass in 10 years but wished to come to an SSPX Mass after the consecrations and excommunications to “see what this was all about.”
A note issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) states that “the imposition of a canonical penalty upon lay persons belonging to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X is not to be presumed automatically but must instead be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.” It further states that laity who frequently assist at SSPX liturgical celebrations and formally share its doctrinal positions as well as those who are third-order members of the Society may be considered “imputable” with regard to schism.
The note has been declared penally ineffective with regard to laypeople by canon lawyers. One canon lawyer wrote to Dr. Peter Kwasniewski:
What is clear is that the excommunication cannot be automatically imputed to ordinary members of the faithful. First because the Note isn’t a penal instrument. Only the Decree (the one covering the six bishops) has actual penal effect. The explanatory note, where the claims about lay excommunication appear, is an expository/doctrinal document, not a law, precept, or declaratory sentence. It can’t independently impose or declare a censure. It seems like amateur hour at the DDF.
Even on its own terms, the note requires individual judgment. It incorporates the 1996 Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts Note, which sets a two-part test for ‘formal adherence to schism’: namely an internal element (a genuinely schismatic will: choosing personal judgment over obedience to the Pope) and an external element (that will be translated into concrete acts). According to the same text, merely attending Mass or occasional participation, without embracing the disunifying stance itself, does not meet the bar. Each case has to be judged individually, in the appropriate forum — not declared wholesale for an entire group of faithful.
The DDF note is also problematic because lay people do not “belong” to the SSPX because it is a priestly society and only priests form its real membership.
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The Catholic Esquire reported that the SSPX priory in Denver “was full” for Mass on Sunday despite the presence of an FSSP parish less than an hour’s drive away.
Lol, Prevost needs to pray to his pachamama harder.
Tucho doesn’t care. He would be okay if all traditionally minded Catholics joines SSPX, as long as it has no standing in the official RC structure. Anglicans are similar in that regard.
Despite the official position of the SSPX recognizing the pope, I suspect many of their followers really are sedevacantists.
Why? The SSPX are not sedevacantists. Sedevacantists go to SSPV chapels.
Who cares, ebby? Your distinction is basically without a difference. While, Rome has not issued the kind of high‑profile, recent decree about SSPV that you now see for SSPX, the principles are the same: formal adherence to a schismatic, sedevacantist sect places a person outside full communion and exposes him to excommunication.
BTW, LIEsite is also a schismatic organization that shouldn’t be posted on FR as they adhere to sspx. As do you.
If only there was an instruction manual...
The SSPX is neither schismatic nor is it sedevacantist. They did not want to secede from the Church. They wanted the Pope to bless their ordinations and welcome the new bishops into the Church. This did not happen, and the Pope ignored their requests for audiences to discuss their situation. Hence they are correct in saying that the Church was/is in an emergency state, particularly their apostolate, and they were correct in ensuring that they will have bishops now who can continue to consecrate many new priests into the fold. Judging by the ages of the four bishops, they will be around much longer that the current Pontificate.
The SSPX gave the Pope an Articles of Faith profession, which include 154 separate articles of Faith, many of which the Pope rejects, making him a heretic. Hence the SSPX will argue that a heretic cannot excommunicate any Catholic, ever.
Yet, you've linked to LifeSite News three times in one day.
You're such a hypocrite. And it's another lie of yours that LifeSite is a schismatic organization.
It’s not a lie, ebby. You have difficulty with that term. It is proof in and of itself. LIEsite, and your posts, adhere to sspx and its lies, which have directly led to your excommunication, ebby. It would be wise to abandon LIEsite. It would be wise to abandon sspx. It would be wise to seek forgiveness.
Keep it up, oystir. I’ve told you were I go to Mass; yet you continue to bear false witness.
You are also ignorant on Church affairs. You have repeatedly confused Bishops Strickland and Schneider in your rage against Catholicism.
We all know who fired strickland is. The question will be if he adds another ignominity of being excommunicated for his antics of the last few years -— if the Church even gives him the time of day. And we all know the already excommunicated vig - no one gives a damn. As for scheinder, has he crossed the line, or again, does the Church care about a gnat?
Yes, ebby. You attended sspx (among others) and prefer the Latin Mass. The Latin Mass is not the issue, is it, ebby? It is the adherence and propaganda, isn’t it, ebby? Make no mistake, ebby. You come under the rubric of excommunicated. You shouldn’t wear it as a badge of honor.
You didn't. Several times you confused him for Schneider.
No, I have a schneider book and have read it. If I made typing error, who cares? Its trivial. But harp away on the trivial because you don’t have reality now do you, ebby?
You just can’t handle the truth and always blame the messenger.
If you get so hot and bothered by this news, stay off the internet.
You have grouped over 15 independent news sites into some fantasy “Cartoon Network” boogie-monster of yours that you constantly rant about. It’s really pathetic.
First you can ask forgiveness for hanging around with fatso Dolan and marching in the sodomite pride parade.
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