Vatican extends olive branch to breakaway SSPX society

Vatican extends olive branch to breakaway SSPX society Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior of the traditionalist Society of St Pius X from 1994 to 2018, is pictured ordaining a priest during a ceremony in Econe, Switzerland. Photo: OSV News/Denis Balibouse, Reuters.

In a bid to stop members of a breakaway traditionalist society from incurring excommunications through the illicit ordination of new bishops, the Vatican has offered a path forward based on theological dialogue. A February 12 communique published by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and signed by its prefect, Argentine Cardinal Victor…

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