As the Society of St Pius X rejected current negotiating terms with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding future episcopal consecrations, pointed exchanges between Cardinal Robert Sarah and the Society have followed.
Cardinal Robert Sarah wrote in the French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche on February 22 that he had learned of the Society’s intention to consecrate bishops and viewed the development with “deep concern and profound sadness”. The Guinean cardinal warned that proceeding with episcopal consecrations without the authorisation of the Holy See would amount to a grave act of disobedience that risked damaging the unity of the Church.
