Earlier today (February 2, 2026), on the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), publicly announced the Society’s intention to proceed with new episcopal consecrations on July 1, 2026.>Citing a “grave necessity” in the Church and the failure of dialogue with Rome, the SSPX once again prepares to take an extraordinary step outside the ordinary structures of ecclesiastical governance.>While the Society presents this decision as an act undertaken “without any spirit of rebellion” and for the good of souls, the announcement itself reveals the profound and unresolved disaster of the post–Vatican II Church.

Originally published in Radical Fidelity. Read original article