Vatican Formally Notifies SSPX Bishops of Excommunication
Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring those bishops and their consecrators automatically excommunicated.
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The SSPX Again Says No to the Catholic Church
COMMENTARY: The Society’s answers will always be No, even when the Church first offers Yes.
SSPX Rejects Vatican’s Excommunication, Calls It ‘Objectively’ Unjust and Invalid
In a letter addressed to Pope Leo XIV, released on July 3, Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the SSPX, justified the episcopal consecrations that prompted the Vatican’s decree.
After SSPX Excommunications, Oslo Bishop Offers Wider Latin Mass Access
The bishops of Oslo and Copenhagen have condemned the Society of St. Pius X consecrations as schism while pledging to protect the traditional liturgy within the Church.
![‘The Holy See has made clear that the clergy of the Society [of St. Pius X] are now to be regarded as schismatic,’ Bishop Frank Caggiano said in a statement.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2026070617078_0ab6902d-8c02-4eac-aba4-1ec174e52618.png "‘The Holy See has made clear that the clergy of the Society [of St. Pius X] are now to be regarded as schismatic,’ Bishop Frank Caggiano said in a statement.")
Various US Bishops ‘Invite Home’ SSPX Attendees After Excommunications of Leadership
Catholic bishops with Society of St. Pius X locations in their areas are forbidding Catholics from attending SSPX services and urging attendees and SSPX priests to return to the Catholic Church.
Vatican Commission Seeks to Address Legal Loophole Facing Women Religious Suffering Abuse
Efforts to address the abuse crisis in the Church have focused on minors and vulnerable adults, leaving unaddressed the abuse suffered by women religious. Efforts are underway to rectify that.
Catholics Helped Build America — and America Has Strengthened the Church
COMMENTARY: The Catholic contribution to America is undeniable; the American contribution to Catholic life is often overlooked.
What Is the SSPX? A Look at the Traditionalist Catholic Group in Schism With the Church
The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is a traditionalist group that is not in full communion with the Catholic Church and has a canonically irregular status.
New York Priest Facing 20 Years in Prison On Child Pornography Charges, Federal Prosecutor Says
Father Jeffrey Nowak has been on administrative leave for nearly six years, following allegations of inappropriate conduct with children.
Catholic Church, US Government Drive Relief Efforts in Venezuela
‘People in some areas feel invisible to the government, to the aid efforts,’ Jesuit Father Edgar Magallanes, national director of Jesuit Relief Services Venezuela, said. ‘But we’re working on it.’
