A man sent me this PDF, asking me to post it and have a discussion about it.

I don't know where he's coming from, what position he has, or anything.

But the truth is that I don't have time to read it. It doesn't interest me enough to spend my last sliver of free time on it.
I can't be bothered to read it. The argument defending +ABL is old-news to me. Applying that to today, as if the current leadership were basically +ABL, is ridiculous. +ABL didn't come out critical of a Trad bishop (Bp. Williamson) consecrating a new bishop. The neo-SSPX did.

TL;DR.  Too long, didn't read.


February 13th 2026
WHAT TO THINK OF THE BISH OP-CONSECRATION PROJECT OF THE SOCIETY
OF ST. PIUS X?
After several years of speculation and rumors, on February 2, Fr. Davide Pagliarani, Superior General
of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), a religious congregation founded by Archbishop Lefebvre,
announced during a sermon the intention to consecrate bishops on July 1. Two official statements
from the congregation were also published in this regard.
Two interviews with Fr. Pagliarani have been published by the Society, clarifying the reasons behind
the project of episcopal consecrations.
Obviously, the modernists and the media are already “tearing their garments,” labeling those
consecrations as “illicit” and “schismatic” if they are not carried out with the approval of Rome.
The truth is that those consecrations would be valid, because they would presumably be performed in
the traditional Catholic rite. They would even be lawful if they are done for the good of souls and the
Church. However, there are circuмstances that fill us with concern about the way they are being
planned.
What should we think of this project of episcopal consecrations? Does the SSPX follow the same
criteria that Archbishop Lefebvre used when he consecrated four bishops in 1988? Is it realistic and
prudent to trust the Roman authorities and ask for their authorization?
Let us analyze the historical and theological circuмstances surrounding these possible consecrations.
1.- Why does the Society of Saint Pius X decide to perform these episcopal consecrations now?
The practical reasons for making these episcopal consecrations now have to do with the fact that the
Society has only two bishops left from the four consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre 37 years ago,
who are approaching 70 years of age.
The pastoral reason invoked by Fr. Pagliarani is the desire to spiritually assist souls who need the
ministry of bishops. As we know, bishops are indeed necessary to confer certain sacraments.
However, the superiors of the Society believe that they must seek permission from the pope to
perform these consecrations. In that sense, the Society sent several letters to Leo XIV in 2025
requesting his "authorization" (sic).

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The recent written response from Rome to those letters, according to the Society, did not
correspond at all to their expectations. It was obviously to be expected that Rome would oppose those
episcopal consecrations.
Following the recent public announcement of these consecrations by the Society, the Pope appointed
Cardinal Víctor "Tucho" Fernández to meet with Fr. Pagliarani to discuss the matter. The meeting
took place on February 12, and in summary, the Vatican calls on the Society to postpone the
consecrations; it proposes theological discussions and studying the study of a possible canonical
solution to the Society’s "irregular" status. In short, Rome is asking the Society to enter "full
communion with the Church." Which "church" are we talking about? Certainly not the Catholic
Church, but the false conciliar church.
The Society has promised to respond in the coming days to the proposals of Rome. We shall see if
the Society "takes the bait."
2.- Is the way the SSPX intends to perform these episcopal consecrations correct?
Unfortunately, the Society seems to be excessively concerned with obtaining the Pope's authorization
to perform these consecrations.
It is true that, according to the ORDINARY laws of the Church, the authorization for the consecration
of bishops belongs to the Pope, and bypassing that authorization normally incurs excommunication.
However, there are extraordinary circuмstances that can justify episcopal consecrations without
necessarily obtaining the approval of the Vatican.
This cautious and legalistic approach of the Society contrasts with the way Archbishop Lefebvre
proceeded with the episcopal consecrations in 1988.
The archbishop did not start by asking "permission" from John Paul II to do them.
Archbishop Lefebvre began by noting the gravity of the Church’s crisis and the spiritual "STATE OF
NECESSITY" to justify the episcopal consecrations, without asking the pope for permission. In
particular, he was deeply scandalized by the ecuмenical meeting with all the false religions in Assisi in
1986 presided over by John Paul II. Moreover, the Archbishop considered that Rome's negative
response to a series of 39 objections presented by the Society regarding the serious errors in the
docuмent "Dignitatis humanae" from the council on false religious freedom was proof that Rome
persisted in those errors.
A public declaration prepared by Archbishop Lefebvre, in Albano, on October 19, 1983—almost 5
years before the consecrations—demonstrates that Archbishop Lefebvre had made his decision long
before 1988: "To safeguard the Catholic priesthood, which continues the Catholic Church and not an adulterous
church, Catholic bishops are needed... These episcopal consecrations will be not only valid, but also, given the historical
circuмstances, lawful; it is sometimes necessary to abandon legality to remain in right."
What is understood by the "state of spiritual necessity"? Archbishop Lefebvre understood it, following
the principles of Catholic morality, as an exceptionally grave state in which the Church
finds herself due to the deviation of doctrine and morality by her internal enemies, and which
endangers the salvation of souls. As a consequence, ordinary laws cannot be followed, nor can the
hierarchs who collaborate in the destruction of the Church be obeyed, because it would harm souls.