FSSPX: State of Necessity is More Evident in 2026 than 1988
On 21 May, Fsspx.news published a message from Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, addressed to its members regarding the Episcopal Consecrations. The text was signed March 7. Main points, slightly shortened.
- While the state of necessity could already be invoked in 1988, this state of necessity is, unfortunately, even more evident in 2026.
- There is a positive aspect to this situation. The announcement on 2 February left no one in the Catholic Church indifferent. Almost everyone feels concern and the need to express their approval or disapproval.
- The reason behind the decision to proceed with episcopal consecrations is the salvation of souls. This should not be seen as mere rhetoric or a simple canonical justification.
- We must love the Church, even if its official representatives were to declare us excommunicated and schismatic once again.
- We must never succumb to bitterness.
- We must remember that if Divine Providence grants us the grace to preserve and defend the Church’s Traditions, it is an exceptional mercy we do not deserve, and this awareness must shape our attitude entirely.
- We take exceptional measures to preserve the faith, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and the priesthood so that the whole Church and every soul may one day freely benefit from them. They belong to the Church; we are only their guardians.
- If we are declared excommunicated or schismatic, it would not mean we seek or rejoice in such an unjust sanction. One may accept humiliation offered to God, but not rejoice in an objective injustice that scandalizes the Church.
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