Since the excommunication of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre on July 1, 1988, the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has moved further and further into a posture of shoring up its existence as a separate church. Now that its leader has gone to his reward, the Society is a body without a head, and so obeys the law of separation: schism breeds further schism, charity is lost in rancor, and the end is chaos.
from: Thomas W. Case (October 1992)
[Catholics who patronize the Society of St. Pius X need to know three things that have serious consequences for them.]
1. A Catholic does not fulfill his Sunday obligation at a Society Mass.
2. Confessions by Society priests are invalid.
3. Marriages performed by Society priests are invalid.
We’re not just saying illicit here, we’re saying invalid. Information on all this is contained within the material on this site. Click on the links in the Navigation Bar at the left for information.
[Obedience is rooted in the very example of Our Lord himself, who is obedient to the Father unto death (Phil. 2:8). As St. Ignatius of Antioch enjoined:]
“Let all obey the bishop as Jesus Christ obeyed his Father” (Ad Smyrnaeos, viii, 1; P.G. 5. 708); “He who honors the bishop is honored by God; but he who does anything without the bishop s knowledge serves the devil” (Ibid, ix, 1); “Do nothing without the bishop, keep guard over your body as God’s temple, love unity, flee discord, be imitators of Jesus Christ as he was of his Father (Ad Philadelphienses, vii, 2; P. G. 5. 697).
