{"id":83956,"date":"2026-06-26T09:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83956"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:59:04","slug":"these-traditionalist-catholics-are-defying-pope-leo-xiv-and-embracing-their-outsider-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/these-traditionalist-catholics-are-defying-pope-leo-xiv-and-embracing-their-outsider-status\/","title":{"rendered":"These Traditionalist Catholics Are Defying Pope Leo XIV, And Embracing Their Outsider Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Associated Press:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics will\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vatican-pope-latin-mass-traditionalist-90e240504c776f718189fc65294980b5\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">challenge Pope Leo XIV\u2019s authority<\/a><\/span>\u00a0next week by consecrating four bishops without his consent. Rather than shying away from the confrontation, the Society of St. Pius X seems intent on embracing its notoriety.<\/p>\n<p>The group, which celebrates the traditional Latin Mass and rejects the modernizing reforms of the Catholic Church, is planning a highly organized, four-day, livestreamed extravaganza for the consecrations at its Swiss seminary \u2014 complete with a souvenir wine set offered to those attending.\u00a0The July 1 event, nearly four decades after the group first became a thorn in the Vatican\u2019s side, suggests it\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vatican-pope-tradionalists-latin-mass-sspx-6c0316d38ed135094c6f7e69ee3329ce\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">is leaning in<\/a><\/span>\u00a0even more ardently to its schismatic status for a new generation of Catholics who prefer their Masses in Latin and don\u2019t mind that their bishops are out of communion with Rome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Associated Press: A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics will\u00a0challenge Pope Leo XIV\u2019s authority\u00a0next week by consecrating four bishops without.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83957,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83956\/revisions\/83957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}