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What if Pope Leo spoke to the new SSPX bishops the way he spoke to the Anglican archbishop?

Here's how Pope Leo XIV's letter of congratulations to Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally would sound addressed to the new SSPX bishops instead.

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John-Henry Westen

• Jul 6, 2026

SSPX says Vatican excommunications ‘objectively unjust and invalid’

Fr. Davide Pagliarani invokes Sacred Scripture in a letter responding to Pope Leo XIV, calling the DDF's decree of schism ‘objectively unjust’ while pledging continued loyalty to the Church.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Jul 3, 2026Jul 4, 2026

SSPX superior general: ‘We belong to the Church because we have the same faith’

Fr. Davide Pagliarani told the many thousands gathered for the SSPX consecration Mass that the choice between the ‘integral faith’ and the Church is a ‘false dilemma.’

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Jul 3, 2026Jul 3, 2026

WATCH: John-Henry Westen shares takeaways from his week with SSPX in Écône

John-Henry Westen shares firsthand reflections on the beauty, sacrifice, and joy he encountered among clergy and faithful families at the SSPX’s episcopal consecrations.

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John-Henry Westen

• Jul 3, 2026Jul 3, 2026

New SSPX bishop invokes Mediatrix of All Graces in first episcopal sermon

Bishop Pascal Schreiber delivered his first sermon since the consecrations, calling the faithful to embrace the virtues of humility and magnanimity.

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S.D. Wright

• Jul 2, 2026

Church teaching says you can’t be excommunicated by a heretic

The tradition of the Church is clear: Someone in Leo XIV's position cannot excommunicate the SSPX.

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S.D. Wright

• Jul 1, 2026Jul 4, 2026

Cardinal Müller urges Vatican to rethink Latin Mass restrictions after SSPX consecrations

The former doctrine chief said restrictions on the traditional Mass have fueled division and given the SSPX ‘propaganda’ to ‘promote their positions’ instead of restoring ecclesial unity.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Jul 1, 2026Jul 1, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Archbishop Viganò accuses Pope Leo of playing ‘rigged game’ against SSPX

'Leo is playing a rigged game. This is the strategy used by those who want to cheat and appear to be something they are not,' Archbishop Viganò told LifeSiteNews.

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Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Jun 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026

Cardinal Burke says no ‘state of emergency’ exists in the Church

Cardinal Raymond Burke argued that ‘ordaining bishops without a papal mandate will incur’ an automatic ‘excommunication, and that will have to be published by the Holy See.’

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Jun 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026

Cardinal Müller calls for Vatican response to SSPX, new commission for those seeking ‘full communion’

Referencing a condemnation of Protestantism at the Council of Trent, Cdl. Müller told the consistory the same verdict applies to 'the Lefebvrists of our time' ahead of the consecrations.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Jun 29, 2026Jun 29, 2026

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What if Pope Leo spoke to the new SSPX bishops the way he spoke to the Anglican archbishop?

SSPX says Vatican excommunications ‘objectively unjust and invalid’

SSPX superior general: ‘We belong to the Church because we have the same faith’

WATCH: John-Henry Westen shares takeaways from his week with SSPX in Écône

New SSPX bishop invokes Mediatrix of All Graces in first episcopal sermon

Church teaching says you can’t be excommunicated by a heretic

Cardinal Müller urges Vatican to rethink Latin Mass restrictions after SSPX consecrations

EXCLUSIVE: Archbishop Viganò accuses Pope Leo of playing ‘rigged game’ against SSPX

Cardinal Burke says no ‘state of emergency’ exists in the Church

Cardinal Müller calls for Vatican response to SSPX, new commission for those seeking ‘full communion’