Tensions in the Catholic Church in Scandinavia are raised after the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (SSPX) sharply rebuked a statement about the organisation and its priests that came from Cardinal Anders Arborelius.
The cardinal asserted in a 15 August statement – which can be read in full at the end of the article – that, among various points of contention, the SSPX does not live and work in communion with the Holy See and that therefore the sacraments celebrated by its priests are “valid but illicit”.
