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2026

  1. Bishop Athanasius Schneider issues first statement since the SSPX excommunications

    In a statement first published by journalist Diane Montagna, Bishop Athanasius Schneider described the SSPX as having faced a "tragic" choice between the integrity of the faith and formal recognition by the Holy See, while not offering a definitive juridical judgment on the Vatican's measures. Before the consecrations he had argued that an excommunication would be invalid because the Society did not intend a schismatic act.

    SourcesBishop Schneider: Serious Vatican Engagement with SSPX Would Mark "Beginning… (Diane Montagna (Substack))Episcopal Consecrations: Updated Dossier (FSSPX.News)Mons. Schneider breaks his silence on Écône: the SSPX had to choose between… (InfoVaticana)Bishop Schneider: The SSPX Provides the Church a Historic Service (FSSPX.News)