Press release of February 2, 2026 – SOURCE: SSPX News On this February 2, 2026, feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Fr Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France, publicly announced its decision to entrust the bishops of the Fraternity with the task of carrying out new episcopal consecrations, on the 1st of July. Last August, he requested the favour of an audience with the Holy Father, letting him know his desire to filially explain to him the present situation of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. In a second letter, he explicitly opened up about the particular need of the Fraternity to ensure the continuation of the ministry of its bishops, who have travelled the world for nearly forty years to respond to the numerous faithful attached to the Tradition of the Church and desiring that the sacraments of Orders and Confirmation be conferred, for the good of their souls. After having matured his …
The SSPX will do what they need to do to survive. Rome will either excommunicate them or they won’t. The end. The last time Rome excommunicated them for this sort of thing (1988) it backfired and the SSPX grew exponentially. Rome eventually had to revoke the excommunications (2009). If Rome does it again, it will only backfire again, bigger this time.