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Cardinal Sarah on SSPX: ‘faith can never lead us to renounce obedience to the Church’

The African cardinal joins Cardinal Müller in opposing the SSPX's planned episcopal consecrations, as prelates continue to air differing arguments over the issue.

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Michael Haynes
Feb 22, 2026
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VATICAN CITY (PerMariam) — Cardinal Robert Sarah has issued a plea to the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) not to proceed with episcopal consecrations, writing that “to leave Peter’s boat and organize ourselves autonomously and in a closed circle is to surrender ourselves to the waves of the storm.”

In a forthright article published in French on February 22,…

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