Many bishops in the USA (and elsewhere) forbid Catholics from attending
Mass in chapels belonging to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X,
yet they welcome schismatics and homosexuals. Three examples:
Arlington Bishop: FSSPX Sacraments Are "Invalid"
Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, instructed Catholics to “avoid participating in the activities of the FSSPX.”
In
a letter dated 8 July, he wrote that "any celebrations of the
sacraments of confession and matrimony by the FSSPX are invalid, and the
administration of other sacraments is illicit".
In September
2025, Bishop Burbidge said that his meeting with the Greek Orthodox
Patriarch Bartholomew was “incredible,” and marked a “historic moment of
Christian unity”.
Covington Bishop: FSSPX Mass Is "Abuse of Eucharist"
Bishop John Iffert of Covington, Kentucky, said in a recent statement that the sacraments from the FSSPX are “illicit”:
“The
Masses these priests celebrate are an abuse of the Eucharist, insofar
as they make the sacrament of unity into an occasion of division within
the Church, and so they should be firmly rejected and avoided by all the
Catholic faithful,” he claims.
In September 2024, he celebrated a
homosexual Eucharist. In his defence, he wrote: “The presumption that
our gay or lesbian brothers and sisters are guilty of unconfessed sin
that would preclude them from receiving the Eucharist is discriminatory
and never just.”
In Covington are two schools affiliated with
FSSPX. Iffert has instructed Catholics to withdraw their children from
these schools due to the "schismatic nature" of the group.
"Separate from the FSSPX!"
Bishop
Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez of Palm Beach, Florida, has issued a decree
instructing the faithful to withdraw from any ecclesiastical ministry
associated with the FSSPX.
Catholics should leave the FSSPX and enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.
Monsignor
Rodriguez was appointed bishop by Pope Leo XIV in December 2025. He is a
supporter of homosexual activist James Martin SJ and has welcomed
homosexual Eucharists, as well as Fiducia Supplicans, the latter as 'a
sign of motherly love'.
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