Víctor, Cardinal Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, made a statement that has now become the flashpoint for the biggest crisis in Pope Leo's pontificate. He told the SSPX that the texts of the Second Vatican Council "cannot be corrected."
Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, has now responded. And his answer is devastatingly simple: "The statement of Cardinal Fernández is completely wrong."
Let's understand why this matters. The SSPX has just announced it will proceed with episcopal consecrations on July 1 without papal mandate. Father Davide Pagliarani, their superior general, explicitly cited Fernández's claim as proof that doctrinal agreement is now "impossible". If the Council cannot be discussed, cannot be examined, cannot be clarified—then dialogue is a charade.
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