SSPX Rejects Vatican’s Excommunication, Calls It ‘Objectively’ Unjust and Invalid

Jul 4, 2026 - 04:00
SSPX Rejects Vatican’s Excommunication, Calls It ‘Objectively’ Unjust and Invalid
Society of St. Pius X clergy process during the consecration ceremony of four new bishops of the society on July 1, 2026, in Ecône, Switzerland.

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.