The long-running strain between SSPX and the Vatican, which St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis sought to address, has left the society in "irregular" canonical status, while ...

COMMENTARY: The Society of St. Pius X’s latest rejection of Vatican overtures must be called out for what it is: a not-so-latent de facto sedevacantism.

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

AFTER initial dialogues with the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the head of the Society of St. Pius ...

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

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.

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 ...

At a meeting in the Vatican, the Holy See proposes a path of theological dialogue aimed at safeguarding the “minimum requirements” for full communion with the Catholic Church—provided the Society ...

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

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.

Vatican issues ultimatum to breakaway group on the brink of schism - The SSPX has been a thorn in the side of the Holy See ...

Proposed talks would address "minimum requirements necessary for full communion with the Catholic Church" and then outline a canonical statute for the group.