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Bishops, schism, and the SSPX

With the society announcing plans for an illicit consecration, what is the history and the law?

The Pillar
Feb 05, 2026
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre performing an act of consecration without papal mandate, and of schism.

After the Society of St. Pius X announced this week that it plans to consecrate a bishop without a papal mandate in July, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has said Vatican talks with the society will continue, towards a goal of reg…

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