Carmen Álvarez Cuadrado
The Holy See has once again clarified that the SSPX's plans to carry out ordinations on July 1 do not have papal approval.
If they go ahead with ordinations, they will violate canon 1387 of Church law, the consequences of which are explained as such:
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The episcopal ordinations announced by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X do not have the requisite papal mandate. This act will constitute “a schismatic act” and “formal adherence to the schism constitutes a grave offence against God and entails the excommunication established under Church law.”
Excommunication, states the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, will be the consequence. And, according to the statement, Pope Leo XIV hopes the SSPX will reconsider:
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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.
First founded in the 1970s, the SSPX has been very critical of the Second Vatican Council since its start—it is, in fact, why it started. At the time, its founder Archbishop Lefebvre ordained bishops without papal approval, provoking a schism with Rome.
Pope Benedict XVI readmitted them in 2009, but if they do not cancel the upcoming ordinations, they will incur automatic excommunication.
