As African bishops continue to back Pope Leo XIV over the excommunication of the Society of St. Pius X, known as SSPX, the traditionalist group in Kenya rejected the schismatic tag as it moved to assure followers of its Roman Catholic identity. Fr. Pierre Champroux, the priest in charge of the SSPX’s Holy Cross Parish in Nairobi, claimed in…
The ultraconservative Catholics who defied Pope Leo XIV and caused a schism defended their actions July 3, insisting they were merely saving souls and were victims of an unjust sanction by the Holy See. The head of the Society of St. Pius X wrote to Leo a day after the Vatican excommunicated the group’s bishops…
Pope Leo XIV said that although he is considering a final appeal to the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, the choice to splinter from the Catholic Church falls on them. Speaking to journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo June 16, the pope was asked about his feelings regarding plans by the traditionalist society,…
