Catholic society defies Vatican again by ordaining new bishops

The Society of Saint Pius X consecrated four new bishops on Wednesday in defiance of Pope Leo XIV, who pleaded with the ultra-traditionalist breakaway group to turn back from what he called a “schismatic act” with Rome.
At a ceremony in Econe in southwest Switzerland, attended by thousands of worshippers from around the world and witnessed by AFP, the society’s last two remaining bishops consecrated four new ones: two French, one American and one Swiss.
By going ahead without the pontiff’s approval, all six bishops are de facto excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
“Are we breaking with the Church in order to keep the faith? That is a false dilemma. We belong to the Church ...