SSPX rejects Pope's request and consecrates four bishops

The Society of Saint Pius X has consecrated four new bishops at Écône, after warnings from the Holy See that the ceremony would incur automatic excommunication

(Catholic Herald) — Four new bishops have been consecrated for the Society of Saint Pius X today, against the direct wish of Pope Leo XIV, in an action which the Holy See has warned would incur the penalty of latae sententiae excommunication.

Newly consecrated Bishop Pascal Schreiber processes through the field at Écône. ©SSPX

Before a crowd of more than …