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Countdown to SSPX Episcopal Consecrations
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LIVESTREAM OF SSPX CONSECRATIONS
begins July 1, 2026, at 2:15 am EDT (08:15 CEST/06:15 UTC)
Consecration ceremony begins at 3:00 am EDT
Official SSPX Resources
- Official Web Site for SSPX Episcopal Consecrations – econe2026.ch
- Episcopal Consecrations at Écône – July 1, 2026 – Watch the Ceremony Live
- Bishop Bernard Fellay to New SSPX Deacons: “Embrace your cross!”
- Episcopal Consecrations: Updated Dossier
- Open Letter to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV and to the Cardinals of the Holy Church
- Profession of Catholic Faith of the Society of Saint Pius X to Enlighten Souls in the Face of Modern Errors
- The Coats of Arms and Mottos of the Future Bishops
- Will We Be Excommunicated?
- Why Is the SSPX So Criticized?
- How Does the SSPX Justify the July 1, 2026, Consecrations?
- Opinion of a Canon Lawyer Concerning the Consecrations
- Too Late Already?
- SSPX Responsa ad Dubia
- Response to Cardinal Sarah
- Fr. Pagliarani Answers Young People’s Questions About the Decision to Consecrate Bishops
- “Who is Tearing the Tunic of Christ?” – Interview with the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X
- Order and Jurisdiction: The Futility of the Schism Accusation
- Letter from Father Pagliarani to Cardinal Fernández
- The Easy Explanation of the Fraternity of Saint Peter
- Where Is the Schism?
- Episcopal Consecrations for a State of Necessity
- Bishop Schneider: Why Publicly Attack the SSPX
- Consecrations Without a Mandate: A Rupture of Communion?
- Address of the Superior of the French District of the SSPX to the Faithful – important background
- Video: The Future of the SSPX and the Future of Tradition – The Episcopal Consecrations
- Videos: TRADITIO 1: A Work of Faith | TRADITIO 2: A Work of Hope | TRADITIO 3: A Work of Charity
- Video: Bishop Bernard Fellay on the Episcopal Consecrations
General News Coverage
- SSPX ordains new deacons, priests in ‘beautiful and reverent ceremony’
- Catholic Rebel Group Days Away From Excommunication
- SSPX Issues Open Letter to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals
- Cardinal Müller Shakes Up the Consistory: “We Must Respond to the SSPX”
- Cardinal Müller’s Intervention at the Consistory of Cardinals: Full Text
- Video: SSPX Bishop Ordinations Risks Deepening Schism (EWTN News In Depth)
- Cardinal Müller proposes a new Ecclesia Dei in response to SSPX consecrations
- Two Paths of Catholic Traditionalism: Campos, the SSPX, and the Debate over Communion with Rome
- Bishop Schneider Appeals to Pope Leo XIV to Build a Bridge between Rome and the SSPX
- Cardinal Raymond Burke on the Consistory and SSPX consecrations
- Chur, Canon Law, and the SSPX: The Schneider-Eleganti Debate in Context
- Bishop Eleganti speaks out on SSPX excommunications
- Video: “Do not do this,” says Pope to the SSPX, issuing another warning about episcopal ordinations in July
- If the SSPX consecrations happen, who exactly is excommunicated?
- Bishop Schneider Sets Out “Core Question” in SSPX Episcopal Consecration Debate
- Full English Text of Cardinal Robert Sarah’s Appeal for Unity
- Cdl. Sarah to SSPX: Don’t Leave the Barque of Peter
- Bishop Marian Eleganti warns SSPX consecrations without papal mandate would be ‘schismatic act’
- Cardinal Müller: SSPX must stay ‘within the Church’ to have a ‘positive effect’
- Dialogue Stalled: SSPX and Vatican at Impasse Over July 1 Consecrations
- Latin Mass supporters say SSPX controversy has ‘thrown a hand grenade’ into TLM debate
Commentary by Semi-Traditionalist/Recognize-and-Resist Sources
- The Situation Regarding the SSPX Episcopal Consecrations of July 1, 2026
- How can SSPX be accused of schism while Communist China, German bishops remain in good standing?
- When Pope Leo Allowed Illicit Episcopal Consecrations
- A Charitable Response to Pints with Aquinas on the SSPX
- Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò decries Cardinal Müller’s condemnation of SSPX position
- SSPX profession of faith strengthens criticisms of Vatican II but raises new questions
- Who Determines a State of Necessity?
- Pope Leo and the SSPX Crossroads
- Video: EVERYTHING You Need to Know About the SSPX
- The Thing About Canon Law and Catholic Tradition
- Why the Latin Mass Society does not support the SSPX consecrations
- Video: Diabolical Disorientation and the SSPX: A COMPLETE Response
- What Will Happen on the Evening of July 1, 2026?
- Video: Every Catholic Should Defend the SSPX
- Breaking the deadlock between Rome and the SSPX
- SSPX Game Theory
- The SSPX, the Truth, and Charity
- On the value of Red Teams inside of Skunkworks: a Reply to Fr. Joseph Levine
- Video: Robert Moynihan interviews Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the SSPX and Episcopal Consecrations
- Video: Operation Survival 2.0: A Canonical Assessment w/ Marc Balestrieri, JCL, and Matt Gaspers (written interview here)
- The Thing About Obedience
- The Conciliar Legacy: the Displacement of Judgment from Truth to the Primacy of Intention
- On Excommunication and the SSPX: A Canonical, Theological, and Pastoral Defense Against the Proposed Excommunication of the Society of Saint Pius X
- Video: NO SALVATION OUTSIDE CANON LAW?!! The SSPX and Canon Law: A Comprehensive Guide
- The SSPX Consecrations: “Separatism Is Not a Catholic Solution”
- Video: Why the SSPX will not be in schism on July 1, 2026
- The Crisis, the Conscience, and the Consecrations
- The SSPX is Not the Problem
- “A Tiny Part of the Church”? Why Joseph Shaw’s Defense of the Latin Mass Collapses on Principle
- Grave Necessity: I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
- Waiting for a State of Emergency
- Video: Apostasy: Rome or the SSPX?
- SSPX Consecrations: A Contrary View
- Who Declares the State of Necessity? Rome, Vatican II, and the Case of the SSPX (Part 2)
- Who Declares the State of Necessity? Rome, Vatican II, and the Case of the SSPX (Part 1)
- Choosing between Pharisees and Sadducees
- Since 1988, Who Changed—Rome or the SSPX?
- Video: SSPX to Consecrate Bishops! This is HUGE, but what does it mean?
- Should Rome Pursue Ecumenism with the SSPX?
- SSPX Episcopal Consecrations: All About Souls
- Form Before Permission—and the Crisis It Reveals: Reply to Flanders on the SSPX
- Letter to Pope Leo XIV: How Can You Embrace All Christians Except the Society of St. Pius X?
- Video: The “Hawaii Six” and Rome’s Failed Case against the SSPX
- Canon lawyer explains why SSPX consecrations would not be ‘schismatic act’
- Video: STATE of EMERGENCY: Is the Society of St. Pius X In Schism?
- God’s Commandments vs. Rome: Why Archbishop Lefebvre Still Matters in the SSPX Crisis
- The SSPX Confronts Rome: the Consecrations are Scheduled for July 1
- Iam hora est: on the SSPX announcement of episcopal consecrations
- New SSPX Bishops—Why Now?
Commentary by Novus Ordo Sources
- July 1: Pope Leo XIV faces the SSPX schism
- Leo XIV Can Stop the SSPX Schism — If He Chooses To
- Franciscan University Leaders and Theologians Issue Open Letter to the SSPX
- Franciscan University professors urge SSPX to desist from schism
- From the Lefebvrians: a profession of faith that is both comprehensive and inconsistent
- On the incoherence of the SSPX paradigm
- Video: SSPX rejects Vatican dialogue offer (Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell)
- A Summary of the Various Aspects of the July 1st Consecrations Explained: Rome and the Society of Saint Pius X
- A Graded Assent to the Council is not an Option
- The SSPX’s Split Personality
- Is the Church as Troubled as the SSPX Claims?
- Video: The SSPX IS in SCHISM! With Dr. E. Michael Jones
- Cardinal Müller calls SSPX consecrations schismatic, defends the Latin Mass
- Cardinal Zen compares SSPX to the prophet Joseph in defence of planned consecrations
- Rome & the SSPX: Both at Fault
- A response to Joseph Shaw’s comments on the SSPX
- Illicit Consecrations: the SSPX and the Chinese Bishops
- Is Vatican II Binding? The SSPX and the Optional Council
- Video: Bishop Schneider’s Errors on the SSPX Episcopal Consecrations
- Video: Bishop Schneider’s new definition of schism
- Video: Bp. Schneider’s New Definition of the Threefold Juridical Bond of Unity
- Il Foglio on Leo XIV and the SSPX Consecrations: “The Schism at the Bottom Right: The SSPX underestimated Leo”
- Casualties of Legalism: Truth and Charity
- A Response to Bishop Schneider’s Request
- The Ambiguities of the SSPX’s Confession of Faith
- Podcast: It Is Schism
- An FSSP priest’s message to his flock on SSPX consecrations
- Francis’s ‘laypeople in power’ wrongly used by Lefebvrians
- A Catholic’s Dubia for the SSPX
- The SSPX Rupture With Tradition
- Msgr. Brunero Gherardini on the SSPX
- The SSPX: Hope or Tragedy?
- Video: SSPX Consecrations Crisis: Why Unauthorized Bishops Could Lead to Excommunication and Schism
- A Juridical Analysis on the FSSPX Consecrations
- How Have the Popes Treated the SSPX?
- The Futility of the SSPX’s Schism Defense: a Diocesan Priest’s View
- Bishop Eleganti speaks out on SSPX excommunications
- Bishop Mutsaerts sides with Cdls. Müller, Sarah against Schneider on SSPX consecrations
- Goodbye, SSPX
- The 60-Year Battle for Tradition: In Defence of the SSPX
- Lefebvre’s method: flaunt the faith to conceal the schism
- The SSPX: an Eastern Catholic View (Part 2)
- The SSPX: an Eastern Catholic View (Part 1)
- The SSPX is now on a clear and direct collision course with Rome
- Double rejection: Lefebvrians reject Rome’s proposals
- Msgr. Eleganti reflects on the reality of the Church, recognizing errors, the FSSPX, and the risk of schism
- A growing case of SSPX fatigue
- Bishops Without Hierarchy, the DIY Church of the SSPX
- Bishops, schism, and the SSPX
- The SSPX: Could It Have Gone Any Other Way?
- The SSPX: A Schism in All but Name
Commentary by Sedevacantists
- Meet the New Generation of SSPX Bishops
- A Refutation of Bp. Athanasius Schneider’s Defense of the SSPX
- The Neo-Indult Strategy
- Bishop Donald Sanborn on the Upcoming SSPX Consecrations (MHTS Newsletter, June 2026)
- Video: SSPX vs. VATICAN, Commentary by Bp. Sanborn
- Critique of Kennedy Hall on whether the SSPX ‘replaces the Church’
- Lefebvrists Fire More Salvos at Post-Catholic Vatican: A Sedevacantist Assessment
- Podcast: The SSPX and the ‘Legitimate’ Exercise of the Papacy (TRADCAST EXPRESS 227)
- On the SSPX, the Old Covenant, and No Salvation Outside the Church: A Refutation of George Weigel
- Pope Pius IX vs. Patriarch Joseph VI Audu: The Full Text of the Encyclical Quae in Patriarchatu (1876)
- Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus of LEFEBVRIST Errors: Quartus Supra (1873)
- A Challenge to Lefebvrism: Some Inconvenient Questions for the Society of St. Pius X
- Podcast: The Society of Saint Pius X versus the Vatican (TRADCAST EXPRESS 222)
- NOT HAPPENING: SSPX Rejects Vatican Order to Cancel Episcopal Consecrations
- Vatican Proposal to SSPX: Call Off the Bishops’ Consecrations and We’ll Talk!
- Has the Church Defected? The SSPX speaks
- Cardinal Muller’s Dire Warning for the SSPX
- Video: Discussion on the Upcoming SSPX Episcopal Consecrations
- Open Letter to the SSPX by Bishop Pierre Roy
- Is It 1988 All Over Again? Watching a New SSPX Drama Unfold
- Reflections on Ecclesiastical Authority and the Neo-SSPX
- SSPX Marketing Department Sends Letter to Rome
- ‘Eternal Rome’: Pope Pius XII Against Recognize-and-Resist
- The Unsolvable Pendulum Problem of the Society of St. Pius X
- Podcast: A Reply to Kennedy Hall’s Video ‘Why I am Not a Sedevacantist’
- SSPX Priest: ‘My Conviction is that Novus Ordo Priests are Not Validly Ordained’
- Society of Saint Pius X Priest Becomes Sedevacantist (Fr. Reid Hennick)
- Home At Last: Transalpine Redemptorists Become Sedevacantists
- Lefebvrist Fr. Anthony Ward Consecrated by Novus Ordo Bishop, Dismisses Vatican Excommunication
- The SSPX Episcopal Consecrations of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988
The Case of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj – Precedent for Forbidden Episcopal Consecrations?
- ‘Catholic Hierarchy’ Profile: Josyf Cardinal Slipyj
- ‘Wikipedia’ Entry: Josyf Slipyj
- Clandestine Ordinations Against Church Law: Lessons from Cardinal Wojtyła and Cardinal Slipyj
- Illicit Ordinations/Consecrations Behind the Iron Curtain
- Video: Do the episcopal consecrations of Card Slipyj without a papal mandate justify the SSPX consecration?
- Excommunicates and Schismatics (article available only in Spanish and German)
- The Bishops’ Ordinations of 1977 (article available only in German)
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