Vatican provides SSPX priests, lay faithful with procedure to return to Catholic communion after schism

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has established a procedure for both priests and lay faithful connected to the Society of St. Pius X to return to Catholic communion, following the society’s schismatic act July 1. The instructions are being transmitted through apostolic nunciatures, as previously announced in the Explanatory Note published by the dicastery on July 2. The procedure set out by the DDF, beginning on July 1, 2026, provides that a priest who has decided to leave the Society of St. Pius X — and who is willing to accept the…

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