The Vatican has published the detailed procedure for clergy and faithful to leave the Society of Saint Pius X.
As announced in the Explanatory Note accompanying the Decree of excommunication against certain members of the Society, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) has prepared a process by which clergy and lay faithful may leave the SSPX and “reconcile” to the Holy See.
It differs slightly for priests and lay faithful in that the process for a cleric is more involved. A priest seeking to leave the SSPX must be “willing to accept the Second Vatican Council and the legitimacy of the novus ordo Missae, even while remaining attached to the usus antiquior”, DDF Prefect Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández wrote.
