This is the second time the Lefebvrians have fallen into schism. 38 years have passed since the last split. The most critical moment came in 1988, although the origins go back to the time of Pope Paul VI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P. ROBERTO REGOLI During the post-conciliar period, disagreements developed between Archbishop Lefebvre and Pope Paul VI, which led to canonical penalties against the archbishop.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1976, an historic meeting between the two took place in Castel Gandolfo. According to the minutes signed by Cardinal Benelli, Paul VI said the following to Lefebvre:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The position you have always taken is that of an antipope [\u2026]. You have judged the pope to be unfaithful to the faith, of which he is the supreme guardian [\u2026]. If that were the case, I would have to resign and invite you to take my place in leading the Church.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n But the most tense moment came under John Paul II, when the Fraternity sought to consecrate four bishops. Rome, through then-Cardinal Ratzinger, proposed alternative solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n P. ROBERTO REGOLI The Holy See, through then-Cardinal Ratzinger, had offered a possible solution to the conflict, including the appointment of a bishop at a later stage. However, the Society of St. Pius X did not want to enter a dialogue.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So what happened? Here you can see it. These are the ordinations from \u201988. The Fraternity went ahead with a schismatic act, and the appropriate penalties were imposed on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n P. ROBERTO REGOLI At that point, in 1988, they were imposed ipso facto\u2014that is, there was no need even to declare them. On the part of the Holy See, excommunication was imposed. The consecrators and the four consecrated individuals were excommunicated ipso facto for what they had done<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When Benedict became pope, he tried to build a bridge. In 2009, he lifted their excommunication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n P. ROBERTO REGOLI We called on them to take a step forward by fully accepting the Council and the subsequent teaching of the popes. But the Fraternity did not accept the offer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Pope Francis tried it during the Jubilee of Mercy in 2016, but there was no response then either. Leo XIV has taken a clear position , but we\u2019ll have to keep an eye on developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n P. ROBERTO REGOLI The Fraternity\u2019s status has never been very clear from a canonical standpoint. There have always been ambiguities, in the sense that the excommunication was clear, but there had never been a formal declaration of schism in the strict sense. This time, the Vatican and Pope Leo XIV himself have declared that if the Fraternity were to proceed with episcopal ordinations, it would find itself in a state of schism.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Society of St. Pius X was founded by Lefebvre in 1970. After years of developments, it seems the 2026 ordinations have led to a schism from which there appears to be no return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the second time the Lefebvrians have fallen into schism. 38 years have passed since the last split. The most critical moment came in 1988, although the origins go back to the time of Pope Paul VI. P. ROBERTO REGOLIPresident of the Ratzinger Foundation During the post-conciliar period, disagreements developed between Archbishop Lefebvre and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":91972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aDWmQc2eqoI","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bregolilefebvrianieng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bregolilefebvrianiint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91985,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91971\/revisions\/91985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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