00:01The Vatican has issued a final appeal to the priestly fraternity of St Pius X, while in Switzerland preparations are
00:10underway for a new break with Rome.
00:12On one side is the Pope, urging them to stop, on the other are the Lefebriest, who are determined to
00:18press ahead with the ordination of four new bishops without papal approval, a step the Holy See considers potentially schismatic.
00:25In a letter addressed to the fraternity, the pontiff issued a direct and personal appeal urging the traditionalists to return
00:34to full communion with the Catholic Church.
00:36The Lefebriest response did not take long. In a statement published on the fraternity's website, Superior Father rejected the idea
00:45of a break with Rome and describing their move as an attempt to serve the Church through exceptional means.
00:50The Vatican's position is clear. Ordaining bishops without a papal mandate constitutes a serious violation of canon law and may
00:59entail automatic excommunication for the consecrating bishops and for the new prelates.
01:04The Holy See has repeatedly warned that this would be a step capable of reopening a deep wound in the
01:11Catholic Church.
01:12Yes, our
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