https://tribunechretienne.com/excommunication-fsspx-comprendre-la-gravite-des-decisions-prises-les-eveques-de-france-reagissent-au-decret-visant-la-fraternite-saint-pie-x/AI Translation:
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The three signatories, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, President of the Conference of Bishops of France, Monseigneur Vincent Jordy, Vice-President, and Monseigneur Benoît Bertrand, also Vice-President, conclude by inviting all Catholics in France to pray “so that we can live a renewed communion, at the service of the mission”.
Full Communiqué of the Conference of Bishops of France
“To live a renewed communion in the service of mission
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published yesterday a decree confirming the excommunication of the bishops of the Priestly Society of Saint-Pie-X, for having committed “an act of a schismatic nature”: the episcopal consecration of four priests, organized on July 1, 2026 in Écone, Switzerland, “without a pontifical mandate and against the will of the Supreme”
The decree specifies that the priests of the Society, as well as the lay faithful who formally adhere to it, are also concerned by this penalty of excommunication. The Holy See finally warns the faithful that the sacraments administered by the priests of the Society of St. Pius X are unlawful, and that the sacraments of penance and marriage they celebrate are invalid.
We have received with sadness and pain the shock of the (exco.) Society of St. Pius-X, and take note of its canonical consequences.
This situation seriously undermines ecclesial communion, for the universal Church and, in a special way, in our country. In France, in fact, where the Society of Saint Pius-X is well established, this division also crosses the hearts of families and faithful, young and old, who are attached, for historical, emotional, personal or family reasons, to the Society of St. Pius X, but who also cultivate, with a real fervor and apostolic zeal, a sincere love of the Church and a deep desire to participate in her mission.
To those faithful who are suffering today from this situation, we want to express our paternal solicitude. We hope that the measures announced by the Holy See will help them to understand the seriousness of the decisions taken by the leaders of the Society of St. Pius X and we encourage these faithful to return in full communion with the Pope, with the bishops (...) with the whole Church.
We invite all Catholics in France to pray for this intention, and to unfold the charity necessary to welcome those who will make the courageous choice of unity and fidelity to the Holy Father, so that we can live a renewed communion, in the service of mission.
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille and President of the Conference of Bishops of France
Vincent Jordy, Archbishop of Tours and Vice-President of the Conference of Bishops of France
Bishop Benoît Bertrand, Bishop of Pontoise and Vice-President of the Conference of Bishops of France. »
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I sense that the strongest conflict will be in France. There, many faithful attend TLM because it sends a cultural mesage to their 'entourage'. For example, we had a meal at some parishioner's app't, and she was a good hostess; she originated from the Carribeans. At the end of the visit she showed us a closet full of voodoo type articles...!! hmmm. Some attend for the organ music, chant...like I said: it's a cultural outing. Hopefully they are a minority.
Many TLM communities will shred the FSSPX's reputation, ultimately to increase their faithful pew count, because now the FSSPX is back to square one, sortof.
The Frogs won't be chirping - guaranteed. They will be hoping for a "Mass" exodus.
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