Bishops Attack FSSPX - "Invalid Sacraments", "Abuse of Eucharist"
Many bishops in the USA (and elsewhere) forbid Catholics from attending Mass in chapels belonging to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, yet they welcome schismatics and homosexuals. Three examples:
Arlington Bishop: FSSPX Sacraments Are "Invalid"
Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, instructed Catholics to “avoid participating in the activities of the FSSPX.”
In a letter dated 8 July, he wrote that "any celebrations of the sacraments of confession and matrimony by the FSSPX are invalid, and the administration of other sacraments is illicit".
In September 2025, Bishop Burbidge said that his meeting with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew was “incredible,” and marked a “historic moment of Christian unity”.
Covington Bishop: FSSPX Mass Is "Abuse of Eucharist"
Bishop John Iffert of Covington, Kentucky, said in a recent statement that the sacraments from the FSSPX are “illicit”:
“The Masses these priests celebrate are an abuse of the Eucharist, insofar as they make the …More
Doesn't Rome recognize the confessions and marriages of the schismatic Orthodox as valid? So if the SSPX is in schism, it should be given the same favor.
BdW 674,
Der Plan, die Katholische Kirche aus ihren eigenen Reihen heraus zu zerstören, ist bereits im Gange.
A "conservative" Archbishop on FSSPX
Clearly a Novus Ordo '"conservative" gas lighter! I like how you did the quotation marks!
Just an ordinary Church witness
Can someone smarter than me tell me why it's "an abuse of the Eucharist" for a layman to attend an SSPX mass, but not for a Roman Catholic Bishop (like Bishop Brian Farrell) to sit in choir at the opening communion service for the Anglican Lambeth Conference in 2022?