The Vatican has set out a proposed pathway towards resolving the status of the Priestly Society of St Pius X following a meeting between the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Society’s Superior General, after the announcement of episcopal consecrations without papal mandate.
In a statement issued on February 12, the dicastery confirmed that Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández met the Rev Davide Pagliarani at its headquarters in Rome “with the approval of the Holy Father Leo XIV”. The encounter was described as “cordial and sincere” and focused on questions raised in correspondence sent by the Society between 2017 and 2019.
