In a letter to Pope Leo XIV, Superior General of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) Fr Davide Pagliarani called the July 2 Vatican excommunications of the society “objectively unjust and invalid”.
The excommunications followed the episcopal consecrations of four priests as bishops – Frs Pascal Schreiber of Switzerland, Michael Goldade of the US, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry of France and Marc Hanappier of France – at Écône, Switzerland, on July 1, 2026.
Fr Pagliarani said in the letter: “It appears to us that this decision once more brings to light the profoundly tragic context in which the universal Church finds herself.
