Priests and laity affected as well…Leo Drops the Hammer: SSPX Excommunicated for Schism, Two Sacraments Henceforth InvalidAs expected, the ‘Holy See’ today published a decree declaring the latae sententae excommunications incurred by the bishops of the Society of St. Pius X, both the consecrator Alfonso de Galarreta and the co-consecrator Bernard Fellay, as well as the newly-consecrated bishops Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, and Marc Hanappier, for the crime (acc. to Novus Ordo Church law) of having consecrated bishops without papal mandate. A separate ‘explanatory note’ was also released.Although this event had been announced months in advance, the Vatican did not trouble itself to ensure that the two brief documents published against the FSSPX be translated into other languages in time for publication.… READ MORE