The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, a traditionalist Religious congregation based on the island of Papa Stronsay in the Orkney archipelago, have issued a 21-page declaration formally withdrawing recognition from Pope Leo XIV and his predecessors back to Paul VI, describing the post-conciliar period as “a spiritual catastrophe of the greatest imaginable proportions”.
The document, titled *The Dogma to Steer By* and published on May 2, the feast of St Athanasius, represents the most significant rupture in the community’s trajectory since its reconciliation with Rome under Pope Benedict XVI. The congregation – also known as the Transalpine Redemptorists and formally styled the *Filii Sanctissimi Redemptoris* (FSSR) – was canonically erected as a clerical institute of diocesan right by the Diocese of Aberdeen on August 15, 2012.
