The SSPX consecrated four new bishops on July 1, 2026. The next day, the Vatican declared the bishops excommunicated, reviving one of the most painful conflicts in modern Catholic history.
Michael Matt lived through the first SSPX consecrations in 1988. There is no argument over the current controversy which he hasn’t heard—and NO, SSPX faithful and priests are NOT included in the “official” decree—then or now.
In this special commentary, Michael explains why today's State of Emergency is much worse than that of 1988, why endless arguments over canon law miss the larger picture, and why individual conscience is so integral to this debate.
Whether you attend an SSPX chapel, the FSSP, the Institute of Christ the King, a diocesan Latin Mass, or none of the above — this debate is about so much more than where you park your car on Sunday morning.
Topics include:
• The July 2026 SSPX consecrations
• SSPX excommunications
• The Vatican’s imprecise use of canonical censure
• The state of necessity
• Canon law vs. conscience
• Why Catholics must not let the Synodal Vatican divide the clans
If you've been trying to understand where you should go from here—this is the perspective for you. It is based not on tribalism, but on Michael’s personal experience ever since the day he received the sacrament of Confirmation from Archbishop Lefebvre.
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