Two Videos: A Sedevacantist Take on the Vatican-SSPX Drama

Unauthorized ordinations, schism, excommunication…

Two Videos: A Sedevacantist Take on the Vatican-SSPX Drama

With all the news and developments of recent days, we want to make sure the following two videos won’t ‘go under’: Yours truly appeared twice on the Catholic Family Podcast to comment on the recent consecration of bishops for the Lefebvrist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) in Econe, Switzerland, as well as on the (predictable) reaction from the Vatican.

Although the Society accepts Leo XIV as a true Pope and professes submission to him, they nevertheless went ahead and consecrated four new bishops this past Wednesday not only without Leo’s authorization but against his explicit prohibition.… READ MORE

A Critical Look at the SSPX’s Substitute ‘Apostolic Mandate’ Read During their Unauthorized Episcopal Consecrations

The Lefebvrists’ alternate reality…

A Critical Look at the SSPX’s Substitute ‘Apostolic Mandate’ Read During their Unauthorized Episcopal Consecrations

During the ordination ceremony, Fr. Foucauld Le Roux read a special declaration in place of the ‘papal mandate’ they didn’t have

The traditional Roman rite of episcopal consecration begins with the reading of the so-called ‘Apostolic mandate’ (Mandatum Apostolicum) that authorizes and orders the bishop’s ordination that is about to be carried out. Such an Apostolic mandate can only come from the Holy See, that is, from the Pope, hence it is also referred to as a papal or pontifical mandate.… READ MORE

Leo Drops the Hammer: SSPX Excommunicated for Schism, Two Sacraments Henceforth Invalid

Priests and laity affected as well…

Leo Drops the Hammer: SSPX Excommunicated for Schism, Two Sacraments Henceforth Invalid

As expected, the ‘Holy See’ today published a decree declaring the latae sententiae excommunications incurred by the bishops of the Society of St. Pius X, both the consecrator Alfonso de Galarreta and the co-consecrator Bernard Fellay, as well as the newly-consecrated bishops Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, and Marc Hanappier, for the crime (acc. to Novus Ordo Church law) of having consecrated bishops without papal mandate. A separate ‘explanatory note’ was also released.

Although this event had been announced months in advance, the Vatican did not trouble itself to ensure that the two brief documents published against the FSSPX be translated into other languages in time for publication.… READ MORE

Vatican-SSPX Showdown: Lefebvrists Consecrate Four New Bishops Without Permission

Schism, excommunications, and the aftermath…

Vatican-SSPX Showdown: Lefebvrists Consecrate Four New Bishops Without Permission

VIDEO: Novus Ordo Watch/Catholic Family Podcast on the SSPX Excommunications

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Meet the New Generation of SSPX Bishops

Candidates’ names released…

Meet the New Generation of SSPX Bishops

From top left (clockwise): Fr. Pascal Schreiber, Fr. Michel Poinsinet de Sivry,
Fr. Michael Goldade, Fr. Marc Hanappier (images: FSSPX)

On Tuesday, May 26, 2026 the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX or FSSPX), originally founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (d. 1991), disclosed the names of the four priests whom they have chosen to receive episcopal consecration (=bishops’ ordination) on July 1.

They are Fr. Pascal Schreiber (from Switzerland), Fr. Michael Goldade (United States), Fr. Michel Poinsinet de Sivry (France), and Fr. Marc Hanappier (France). The announcement came via a communiqué from the SSPX General House in Menzingen, Switzerland, the day after ‘Pope’ Leo XIV released his first encyclical letter, Magnifica Humanitas.… READ MORE