The Servants of the Holy Family, an SSPX offshoot group, have been the subject of recent developments from the Vatican after their founder was consecrated a bishop in early 2024 without a pontifical mandate, incurring excommunication. Noting the almost identical parallels between them and the SSPX, I thought it might be worth examining their history, their current status, what they might indicate regarding how the Church intends to deal with the SSPX when they also consecrate

How the May 5, 1988 protocol with Lefebvre sets the standard for the future.

When I had recently left the SSPX, my husband and I were attending the FSSP parish about 10 minutes away from where I grew up. I had...

Quotes and opinions abound on the question of whether the SSPX is in schism, and for every sympathetic prelate who claims they are not,...

(Reprinted from The Ecclesia Blog ) Growing up in traditionalist circles, I often heard the phrase “in communion with the church,”...

On the State of Necessity On August 24th, 1996, the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts stated in a decree...

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Saint Lefebvre to the die-hard SSPX third order people) said the following: "The Council has wanted to...

Andrew Bartel does it again and just had published today his latest article: a comprehensive and well-cited treatment of all the papal...