

After that we are not closing the door and never will, but we are inviting them to be reconciled. The canonical excommunication of the bishops for their illegal ordinations was revoked, but a de facto sacramental excommunication remains for their schism they put themselves out of communion with the Church.

Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has also said the SSPX is in schism, in comments made in 2013 to the Italian press: Pius X.īurke is among the highest-ranking prelates in the Church to state that the SSPX is in schism. And so it is not legitimate to attend Mass or to receive the sacraments in a church that's under the direction of the Priestly Society of St.
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Marcel Lefebvre ordained four bishops without the mandate of the Roman Pontiff. He fact of the matter is that the Priestly Society of St. In answer to a question about attending liturgies offered by the priestly group, Burke said: Raymond Burke, former head of the Apostolic Signatura, made the remarks at the Sacred Liturgy conference in Medford, Oregon in July. ( ) - The former head of the Vatican's highest court is saying the Society of St. You are not signed in as a Premium user we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting.
