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A priest from the Society of St. Pius X, excommunicated after four bishops were ordained without papal approval, says there will someday be another pope who opens the door to return to the Church, referencing Benedict XVI’s 2009 gesture of lifting excommunications; the Vatican says the ordinations were grave and not intended to create a parallel church, and dialogue with the group was offered.
Ultratraditionalists of the Society of St. Pius X, founded in opposition to Vatican II reforms, reinforce their break with the Vatican with a high-profile consecration outside the SSPX seminary in Ecône, Switzerland, signaling a continued rupture over the church’s post-conciliar direction.
Under Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican excommunicated six SSPX clerics after they consecrated bishops without papal approval, calling it a schismatic act and extending the ban to all SSPX members. The move underscores deep tensions over traditionalism vs. modernization within the Church and highlights the group’s far-right ties that have appealed to some MAGA-era Catholic supporters, even as it isolates hardline conservatives.