The SSPX has announced that they will be consecrating bishops 1 July 2026, apparently without pontifical mandate, following Archbishop Lefebvre’s ‘Operation Survival’ in 1988 and another in 1991.
In asserting that complying with "Rome", Provost's refusal to authorize bishops, would be a "betrayal of souls" and that the authorities are "not of interest" regarding the salvation of souls, Fr. Pagliarani holds two contradictory positions:
🔸 He recognizes Prevost as a true Vicar of Christ.
🔸 He accuses Prevost of officially acting as the Destroyers of Christ's Flock.
🔹 The Catholic Church is indefectible; therefore, her Supreme Authority, the Pope, when acting in his official capacity to govern the Universal Church, cannot issue commands or impose laws that are harmful to the salvation of souls or contrary to the Faith, cf. Auctorem Fidei, First Vatican Council.
Fr. Pagliarani moreover expresses a "sincere" desire to explain his "attachment" to the Pope, while simultaneously announcing his intent to perform the supreme jurisdictional act of consecrating bishops, explicitly forbidden by him, reducing the Papacy to a purely ornamental title.
🔹 This echoes the "Anglicanised" ecclesiology; it posits a "High Church" wing, the SSPX, that preserves the "true faith" independently of the "official" hierarchy, effectively creating a parallel Church that claims to be loyal to a monarch it ignores.
Finally, Fr. Pagliarani implies that while the visible hierarchy of Rome has abandoned the "good of souls," the true Church continues to exist in the "souls" of those who follow the Society's course. That is, he is resorting to a Protestant definition of the Church: an invisible collection of "true believers" hidden within or apart from the corrupt visible structure.
By refusing to say "Rome has defected," Fr. Pagliarani forces the true Church into the "clouds" of the Society's private judgment, violating the very visibility he claims to defend.
🔹 The Catholic Church is a Visible Society constituted by visible bonds of Faith, Sacraments, and Government. While it exists in souls, its existence is verified by its visible hierarchy and profession, cf. Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis.
If the Shepherd is poisoning the sheep, he is a wolf, not a bad Shepherd. To call him Shepherd while treating him as a wolf destroys the definition of the Shepherd.
"...the Holy See has been vacant since somewhere around the time of Paul VI."
There is substantial evidence that John XXIII was invalidly elected, which is how he was able to betray Catholic teaching & tradition. He was the first of the V2 "popes" to promote religious liberty (Pacem in Terris, 1963).
The man who has done the most research into the 1958 conclave, whose articles are at whitesmoke1958.com, has a good recent interview on the V2 church & the synagogue Of Satan.
After citing the Catholic Herald article which suggests the SSPX is trying to leverage permission for the consecrations, the Non Possumus Blog (Resistance) adds this interesting possibility (see last paragraph in red):
“Non Possumus's comment: We will soon know whether the Neo-SSPX truly intends to consecrate bishops or whether this announcement, along with the various leaks and signs regarding the same matter in the preceding months and years, is merely a ploy to get Rome to unblock negotiations and invite the leaders of the Society to the negotiating table. In the first case, the names of the priests who are consecrated will inevitably reveal the SSPX's true intentions regarding its relationship with liberal, modernist, and apostate Rome.”
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In asserting that complying with "Rome", Provost's refusal to authorize bishops, would be a "betrayal of souls" and that the authorities are "not of interest" regarding the salvation of souls, Fr. Pagliarani holds two contradictory positions:
🔸 He recognizes Prevost as a true Vicar of Christ.
🔸 He accuses Prevost of officially acting as the Destroyers of Christ's Flock.
🔹 The Catholic Church is indefectible; therefore, her Supreme Authority, the Pope, when acting in his official capacity to govern the Universal Church, cannot issue commands or impose laws that are harmful to the salvation of souls or contrary to the Faith, cf. Auctorem Fidei, First Vatican Council.
Fr. Pagliarani moreover expresses a "sincere" desire to explain his "attachment" to the Pope, while simultaneously announcing his intent to perform the supreme jurisdictional act of consecrating bishops, explicitly forbidden by him, reducing the Papacy to a purely ornamental title.
🔹 This echoes the "Anglicanised" ecclesiology; it posits a "High Church" wing, the SSPX, that preserves the "true faith" independently of the "official" hierarchy, effectively creating a parallel Church that claims to be loyal to a monarch it ignores.
Finally, Fr. Pagliarani implies that while the visible hierarchy of Rome has abandoned the "good of souls," the true Church continues to exist in the "souls" of those who follow the Society's course. That is, he is resorting to a Protestant definition of the Church: an invisible collection of "true believers" hidden within or apart from the corrupt visible structure.
By refusing to say "Rome has defected," Fr. Pagliarani forces the true Church into the "clouds" of the Society's private judgment, violating the very visibility he claims to defend.
🔹 The Catholic Church is a Visible Society constituted by visible bonds of Faith, Sacraments, and Government. While it exists in souls, its existence is verified by its visible hierarchy and profession, cf. Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis.
If the Shepherd is poisoning the sheep, he is a wolf, not a bad Shepherd. To call him Shepherd while treating him as a wolf destroys the definition of the Shepherd.
I think this is a worthwhile commentary.
Thanks John
That comment is specifically referring to the comment above. The article is also very good though.
Whoops! Awkward. Thanks Substack.
“Although the arguments for consecrating bishops against pontifical mandate may not be entirely convincing…”
FWIW, this argument convinced me (to which the example of Cardinal Slipyj could be added):
https://www.sspxasia.com/Documents/SiSiNoNo/1999_September/The_1988_Consecrations.htm
Of course, as the author points out, at the end of the day, the point is moot, if these recent papal claimants are not legitimate.
"...the Holy See has been vacant since somewhere around the time of Paul VI."
There is substantial evidence that John XXIII was invalidly elected, which is how he was able to betray Catholic teaching & tradition. He was the first of the V2 "popes" to promote religious liberty (Pacem in Terris, 1963).
novusordowatch.org/john-xxiii
Two links there are to articles about the "irregular" 1958 conclave.
I’m aware of it all, hence the hedging in the phrasing; but not willing to commit prior to 1965, at least at this stage.
The man who has done the most research into the 1958 conclave, whose articles are at whitesmoke1958.com, has a good recent interview on the V2 church & the synagogue Of Satan.
youtube.com/watch?v=mOJUhtP7uUM (starts at about 2 min. mark)
After citing the Catholic Herald article which suggests the SSPX is trying to leverage permission for the consecrations, the Non Possumus Blog (Resistance) adds this interesting possibility (see last paragraph in red):
“Non Possumus's comment: We will soon know whether the Neo-SSPX truly intends to consecrate bishops or whether this announcement, along with the various leaks and signs regarding the same matter in the preceding months and years, is merely a ploy to get Rome to unblock negotiations and invite the leaders of the Society to the negotiating table. In the first case, the names of the priests who are consecrated will inevitably reveal the SSPX's true intentions regarding its relationship with liberal, modernist, and apostate Rome.”
http://nonpossumus-vcr.blogspot.com/2026/02/la-estrategia-de-la-presion.html?m=1