Bishop Schneider suggests Vatican excommunication of SSPX would not be valid

In comments released exclusively to this correspondent, Bp. Schneider added further analysis on the upcoming SSPX episcopal consecrations.

(Pelican+) — Bishop Athanasius Schneider, the Holy See’s former Apostolic Visitor to the Society of Saint Pius X, has opined that any excommunication which the Society may be handed following the upcoming episcopal consecrations would be invalid.

“There is no intention from the leadership of the SSPX to separate themselves from Rome,” said Bp. Schneider,…