A future pope will 'welcome us back', says priest from excommunicated Catholic sect
A priest said the breakaway group expects a future pope to restore its standing after excommunication for ordaining four bishops without approval.
- A priest from the traditionalist Catholic group Society of St. Pius X said he believes a future pope will eventually reconcile with the group and restore it to full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, despite its recent excommunication.
- The Vatican declared the group's excommunication after it ordained four bishops without the approval of Pope Leo, describing the unauthorized ordinations as an act that automatically incurred excommunication under Church law.
- Speaking at a Mass in Wil, Switzerland, SSPX priest Georg Kopf said the group did not intend to create a parallel church or break with Rome, arguing that the ordinations were carried out out of concern for preserving Catholic tradition and the "salvation of souls."
- The dispute echoes a previous split in the late 1980s, when SSPX founder Marcel Lefebvre consecrated bishops without papal approval, leading to excommunications that were later lifted in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI as part of efforts to promote reconciliation.
- The SSPX, founded in 1970 and based in Switzerland, maintains that the Catholic Church has departed from traditional teachings. The group continues to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass and rejects formal dialogue with non-Catholic faiths, while the Vatican says it sought dialogue before the latest schism.
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