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Will the Real Schismatics Please Step Forward?
How Can Vatican Modernists Accuse Anyone of Schism When They Have Separated Themselves from the Faith?
David Martin , Bio and Archives--July 19, 2026
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On July 2, 2026, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) issued a decree declaring that the July 1, 2026 episcopal consecrations of four priests by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (SSPX) constituted an “act of a schismatic nature.” The DDF’s reason was that the consecrations were done without Vatican approval, but how can today’s Vatican declare the approbation of anything when most of what they promote has no approval from On High--homosexuality, feminism, synodality, illegal migrant intrusion, and today’s new religion of man? Can we take the Vatican seriously today?
The Illicit Consecration of Bishops Doesn't Necessarily Incur Excommunication
The Vatican decree states that the excommunication occurred ipso facto (by the very fact) so that it was automatic (latae sententiae) under Canon 1387 and Canon........