Pope Leo XIV is urging the Society of St. Pius X to abandon plans to consecrate new bishops without papal approval, a move the Vatican warns would constitute a schismatic act. The showdown could end nearly two decades of cautious rapprochement between Rome and the traditionalist society, which has long occupied a liminal space between communion and rupture. After repeated warnings that the episcopal consecrations would constitute a schismatic act and trigger automatic excommunication, Pope Leo XIV issued an open letter asking the group to desist. “I implore you and ask you with all my heart: Turn back!” the pope wrote in a letter addressed to the superior general of the society, the Rev. Davide Pagliarani, dated June 29. Top Stories | VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV is urging the Society of St. Pius X to abandon plans to consecrate new bishops without papal approval, a move the Vatican warns would constitute a schismatic act. The showdown could end nearly two decades of cautious rapprochement between Rome and the traditionalist society, which has long occupied a liminal space between communion and rupture. |
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