SSPX’s Schismatic Gambit and Vatican’s Capitulation to Apostasy
The EWTN News portal (February 5, 2026) reports that the Vatican will meet with leaders of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) following the latter’s announcement of planned episcopal consecrations without papal mandate. The article frames this as a potential “deepening rupture” while emphasizing the conciliar sect’s attempts at dialogue through Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. This reporting exemplifies the neo-church’s desperate attempt to legitimize a pseudo-traditionalist group whose very existence constitutes a rebellion against divine ecclesiology.
The Illusion of Legitimacy in Conciliar Structures
The article’s reference to “automatic excommunication” (Canon 1382) deliberately obscures the doctrinal catastrophe at hand. The SSPX operates under the delusion that one can simultaneously reject the authority of the Roman Pontiff while seeking his approval for sacramental acts. As St. Robert Bellarmine states: “The fifth true opinion is that a Pope who is a manifest heretic, by that very fact ceases to be Pope” (De Romano Pontifice). If the conciliar antipopes have defected from the Faith—as demonstrated by their promotion of religious liberty (contra Syllabus of Errors #77-79) and ecumenism—then no valid jurisdiction exists in their structure to grant or withhold permission for consecrations.
The SSPX’s planned July 1 consecrations—on the anniversary of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s 1988 excommunication—reveal their fundamental contradiction: they theatrically oppose the conciliar revolution while begging recognition from its architects. This mirrors the schism within schism condemned by Pope Pius XII: “They are wretchedly deceived by those who mimic Catholic language while conspiring against the Church” (Mystici Corporis Christi, 26).
Lefebvre’s Masonic Roots and Invalid Foundations
The article’s passing reference to Lefebvre’s 1988 consecrations ignores their theological invalidity. Lefebvre received episcopal consecration from Cardinal Achille Liénart—a documented Freemason who participated in Vatican II’s destruction of the liturgy. As the 1917 Code of Canon Law states: “Those who join Masonic sects or other similar associations plotting against the Church incur ipso facto excommunication” (Canon 2335). Liénart’s occult affiliations render his sacramental acts suspect at best.
Moreover, Lefebvre’s 1970 founding of the SSPX occurred after Paul VI’s promulgation of the Novus Ordo Missae—an act demonstrating his implicit recognition of the conciliar antipopes. As Pope Pius XII warned: “They who knowingly and willingly reject the definitions of the ecclesiastical hierarchy cease to be Catholics” (Mystici Corporis Christi, 22). The SSPX’s refusal to fully break with modernist Rome makes them accomplices in the great apostasy rather than defenders of Tradition.
Theological Subversion Through False Mercy
EWTN’s description of Benedict XVI lifting excommunications in 2009 and Francis authorizing confessions/marriages exemplifies the conciliar sect’s strategy of gradualism. These actions create the illusion of legitimacy while avoiding doctrinal correction. The article’s claim that SSPX remains in “an irregular canonical situation” employs bureaucratic language to mask heresy. As Pope Pius XI declared: “The Church alone is the entrance to salvation; she alone has the mission to teach, govern, and sanctify” (Mortalium Animos, 11). Any group operating outside this divine constitution—whether SSPX or the Bergoglian sect—exists in formal schism, not mere “irregularity.”
The Kingship of Christ Versus Conciliar Betrayal
Nowhere does the article mention the Social Reign of Christ the King—the very doctrine Lefebvre purportedly defended. Pius XI’s Quas Primas unambiguously teaches: “Nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ” (#32). The SSPX’s decades-long dialogue with modernists—who deny Christ’s royal rights over societies—constitutes treason against the Divine Majesty.
The upcoming February 12 meeting at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith represents not dialogue but capitulation to apostasy. Cardinal Fernández—author of the blasphemous Fiducia Supplicans—embodies the “abomination of desolation” (Matthew 24:15) in the holy place. As Pope St. Pius X warned: “The enemies of the Church disguise their errors under holy names—they speak of reform while plotting destruction” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 3).
Conclusion: No Compromise With Apostasy
True Catholics recognize that no legitimate authority exists in the conciliar sect following its public defection from the Faith (Canon 188.4). The SSPX’s theatrical resistance—while periodically kneeling before modernist antipopes—exposes their fundamental dishonesty. As Archbishop Lefebvre himself admitted: “They have the modernists, we have the truth.” Yet truth demands complete separation from heretical structures, not endless negotiations.
Let the faithful recall Pope Leo XIII’s injunction: “The Church alone preserves true worship. This is the fount of truth; this the house of faith; this the temple of God. Whoever does not enter here, whoever does not abide here, will perish for eternity” (Praeclara Gratulationis, 20). The SSPX’s impending schismatic acts merely confirm their status as useful idiots in the neo-church’s project of auto-demolition.
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Vatican to meet with SSPX after announcement of unauthorized episcopal consecrations (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 05.02.2026