Vatican Offers Talks With SSPX, Warns Illicit Consecrations Would End Dialogue

February 12, 2026 World News

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX).

Doctrinal office tells traditionalist group that consecrating bishops without papal mandate would mean a ‘decisive rupture’ of communion.

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