Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States who was excommunicated in 2024, published a letter on July 5 addressed to the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) in which he declared that there is a schism between Pope Leo XIV and the papacy.
Published on X, Viganò expressed his “spiritual closeness” and “full support” to the Superior General of the Society of St Pius X, Fr Davide Pagliarani, following their July 2 excommunication by the Vatican.
The Society had been excommunicated after having consecrated four new bishops without Rome’s approval, despite repeated warnings from the Vatican, with the excommunication being announced by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in a decree and accompanying explanatory note.
