Vatican warns SSPX on unauthorized bishops as automatic excommunication looms

One ordination could trigger automatic excommunication

The Vatican has issued a stern warning to the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, threatening automatic excommunication if it proceeds with unauthorized bishop ordinations. Rome says this is a direct challenge to papal authority and threatens Church unity. The SSPX has long rejected Vatican II reforms and has repeatedly clashed with the Holy See over doctrine and liturgy.