Tridentine Rite

A decree issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith declares the Society of Saint Pius X bishops excommunicated and warns clergy and faithful of the canonical consequences of adhering to the Society

Michael Haynes

The Vatican’s lead interlocutor with the Society of Saint Pius X has expressed confidence that talks can resume, even as Rome considers its response to the Society’s latest episcopal consecrations

Michael Haynes

The Society of Saint Pius X has consecrated four new bishops at Écône despite a personal appeal from Pope Leo XIV and warnings from the Holy See that the ceremony would incur automatic excommunication

Michael Haynes

The SSPX's planned consecrations should not go ahead, yet the Church should also ask whether years of mistrust and unequal treatment helped bring matters to this point

Patrick Neve

The Pope has issued a direct personal appeal to the Society of St Pius X, urging it to abandon its planned episcopal consecrations and warning that proceeding would deepen its separation from the Church.

The Catholic Herald

The Diocese of Arlington says the arrangement will provide pastoral care for Catholics attached to the Extraordinary Form

Thomas Colsy

Joseph Shaw explains why the Latin Mass Society believes its mission depends upon remaining fully within the Church while retaining its independence from ecclesiastical fashions

Joseph Shaw

With discussion of the liturgy and Just War Doctrine absent from the agenda, Leo XIV used the opening of the Extraordinary Consistory to reaffirm his commitment to synodality and ecclesial communion

Michael Haynes

As debates about the traditional Latin Mass continue, one lifelong attendee explains why Archbishop Lefebvre’s legacy remains important to many Catholics

Claire B Dunkle

Archbishop Emeritus Héctor Aguer says pilgrimages linked to the usus antiquior show that orthodoxy and Tradition remain a source of hope for the Church

Thomas Colsy