The Continuing Saga of the SSPX

 Didn't we see this movie back in 1988?  Then we had the sequel in 2007. They were back in, and everybody kissed and made up.  Except they didn't. So now we have the remake of the original.  It all seems kind of 10th century AD.  Can't they be just another Protestant church?  Except that's not how they or Pope Leo see it.  Because they see themselves as the remnant, the real Catholics. Who don't accept Vatican II or the popes since then.

From NCR:  Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass | National Catholic Reporter

 "Moments after swearing obedience to the Catholic Church, the pope and his legitimate successors, four priests were made bishops without papal approval in what Pope Leo XIV had warned would be a "schismatic act."

"...Among the four priests was Fr. Michael Goldade of St. Marys, Kansas, home to a large SSPX community. Goldade is now director of the society's seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia, where nearly 100 seminarians are in formation, according to the society. The SSPX claims to have more than 750 priests worldwide and 1,500 members — including brothers, oblates and religious sisters — active in 77 countries. "

"Breaking months of public silence on the looming rupture, Pope Leo XIV said in the days before the consecrations that the church must "move on" if the SSPX followed through on its threat. He also sent a letter to the society's superior, published by the Vatican the day before the consecrations, urging the group to turn back from committing what he called a "sin of extreme gravity."

"But Fr. Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the SSPX, said in his homily at the consecration Mass that the pope's appeal presented a "false dilemma" between the society's vision of the faith and its adherence to the church.   "No one can choose between faith and the church," he said. "We want the faith of the church in order to remain in the church, and we want the church within the faith, even if those opposed to us refuse to understand this."

If you can understand that last paragraph, you're doing better than me. And sorry, not sorry, I thought this was funny: 

"As the host was consecrated, a torrential downpour fell on the crowd and muddied the hillside while thunder roared and lightning flashed across the sky. The rain kept drizzling and subsided after some 20 minutes."

You can read the whole NCR article if you want to find out more.

Some people have said, leave them alone, they just want to go to church at Hogwarts.  But it's never truly been about the traditional Latin Mass.  They did, and still do, have limited permission for that.  There is an institute, the FSSP, which is in union with Rome and whose mission it is to preserve the older Roman rite. Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter - Wikipedia

The real problem is acceptance of the changes of Vatican II. The St. FX Society doesn't accept several documents, such as Nostra Aetate, freedom of conscience, and relations with the Jewish religion.