Antipope Leo XIV Excommunicates Lefebvrian Bishops Schism Within Schism Deepens
The EWTN News portal (July 2, 2026) reports that the “Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith” of the Vatican sect, acting under the authority of the antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), has issued a decree declaring the automatic excommunication latae sententiae of the four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) recently consecrated by Bernard Fellay and Alfonso de Galarreta, as well as the consecrators themselves. The decree, dated July 2, declares the SSPX to be in schism and declares the sacraments of penance and marriage administered by its priests invalid, despite the faculties previously granted by the antipope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio). The article notes the historical parallel to the 1988 consecrations by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and quotes the antipope Leo XIV’s “plea” to the Lefebvrians to “turn back.” This farcical exchange between the Vatican antipapacy and the Lefebvrian schismatics exposes the total collapse of jurisdiction in the conciliar sect, revealing both parties as devoid of the potestas iurisdictionis (power of jurisdiction) and the missio canonica (canonical mission) necessary for any valid ecclesiastical act.