SSPX Canonical Recourse: Schismatics Begging Mercy from Usurpers
The Pillar Catholic portal (July 15, 2026) reports on the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) filing a “preliminary recourse” against a July 2 decree from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) declaring six bishops excommunicated for their illicit consecration on July 1. The article, authored by Ed Condon, dissects the canonical mechanics of this appeal under the 1983 Code of Canon Law, highlighting the SSPX’s lack of legal personality, the procedural hurdles of the 10-day window, the suspensive effect of penalties, and the ultimate futility of appealing to the very modernist hierarchy they claim to resist. This pathetic spectacle of schismatics invoking the laws of the antichurch to legitimize their own rebellion against Tradition reveals the SSPX’s true nature as a controlled opposition wholly subservient to the conciliar revolution.

