Two prominent Catholic cardinals have expressed their profound concern and sorrow over a recently announced decision by the ...

In a highly significant move aimed at overcoming the more than 55-year division between the Priestly Society of St. Pius X ...

The SSPX refused to postpone the July 1 consecrations as a condition of doctrinal talks. Canon law foresees automatic excommunication for bishops involved in unauthorized episcopal consecrations.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said he proposed a path for dialogue and full communion to the leader of SSPX at a meeting on Thursday.

In a bid to stop members of a breakaway traditionalist society from incurring excommunications through the illicit ordination of new bishops, the Vatican has offered a path forward based on ...

Q: I've read a lot recently about how the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is planning to ordain new bishops this summer, with or without the pope's permission. Why is this such a problem, if the SSPX are ...

The Vatican's doctrine chief proposed a path of theological dialogue with the Society of St. Pius X, the traditionalist Catholic group threatening to defy Rome by ordaining bishops without papal ...

The Vatican faces a renewed showdown with one of its most persistent critics after the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) said it would consecrate new ...

The Holy See offered to open a dialogue with the Society of St Pius X to establish the minimum requirements for communion ...

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has rejected a Vatican offer for dialogue, risking schism by planning to ordain bishops ...