Bishop Marian Eleganti has rejected claims that any Vatican excommunication imposed on the Society of St Pius X over its planned episcopal consecrations on July 1 could be invalid, telling the Catholic Herald in an exclusive comment that such arguments misunderstand the nature of schism.
His intervention comes in direct response to remarks by Bishop Athanasius Schneider suggesting excommunications against the SSPX would not be valid because the Society does not intend to separate from Rome.
It was reported by Pelican+ that Bishop Schneider made the remarks during a recent private meeting of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima. According to an account of the meeting, the auxiliary bishop of Astana argued that the Society’s intentions were decisive when considering the canonical implications of the July 1 consecrations.
