The Pope has finally broken his personal silence on the issue of the Society of St Pius X, telling journalists on Tuesday that the Society’s refusal of “several points of the Second Vatican Council” is the Vatican’s breaking point.
Since the SSPX announced the 1 July episcopal consecrations back in February, Pope Leo XIV has kept a notable and in many ways peculiar personal silence on the issue. Negotiations between the Society and the Holy See have been handled by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández – a noteworthy choice by Leo given that Fernández is behind many of the doctrinal concerns the Society raises.
