Cardinal Robert Sarah has issued an appeal to the Society of St Pius X not to proceed with episcopal consecrations without a pontifical mandate, warning that such a step would constitute disobedience to the law of the Church and risk an “irreversible rupture” within the Body of Christ.
Writing in French in Le Journal du Dimanche on February 22, the Guinean cardinal said he had learned of the Society’s intention to consecrate bishops and expressed his “deep concern and profound sadness” at the announcement. The intervention makes him one of the most senior churchmen to speak publicly against the proposed consecrations in recent days, following Cardinal Müller’s article on February 20 with Kath.Net.
