ANALYSIS: What happens now that the leadership of the Society of St. Pius X has rejected the Vatican’s proposal to restart ...

Q: I've read a lot recently about how the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is planning to ordain new bishops this summer, with or without the pope's permission. Why is this such a problem, if the SSPX are ...

Despite a Vatican offer of renewed theological dialogue, the Society of St. Pius X says it will consecrate bishops without papal approval, presenting the pope with a major test of church unity.

A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group on Thursday rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks, suggesting a collision course with Pope Leo XIV over its planned consecrations of new bishops without his ...

The superior of the Society of Saint Pius X, heir to Marcel Lefebvre, traveled to Rome as the group entered into a standoff with Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass, the Society of St. Pius X, has announced plans to consecrate ...

The Priestly Society of St. Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic society that has experienced a troubled relationship with the church hierarchy since the 1970s, has been approved for a pilgrimage to the ...

Pope Leo XIV faces first major crisis as traditional Catholics announce plans without Papal consent - For the Vatican, papal consent for the consecration of bishops is a fundamental doctrine, guarante ...

A decision must be made (and quickly) by Pope Leo if he doesn't want the traditionalist issue to blow up in his hands after ...

Gaetano Arienti of Great Barrington, 77, recalled his boyhood friendship with Achille Ratti, later Pope Pius XI, after reading news of the Pontiff’s death.