What is the Society of St. Pius X?
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The story and identity of the St. Pius X Society is very much involved with that of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Lefebvre was the French archbishop who rejected much of the Second Vatican Council.
Lefebvre founded a group of followers called the Society of Pius X. He was eventually suspended by Pope Paul VI for ordaining priests when forbidden to do so. Later he was excommunicated by Pope John Paul II for ordaining bishops from the Society of Pius X without papal approval.
Many of the Society of Pius X followed Lefebvre into schism. Its members remain outside the authority of the Holy See well after the death of Lefebvre in 1991, still rejecting the changes of Vatican II and celebrating the Mass in Latin and according to the Missal of Pius V.
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Sunday, December 09, 2012
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