{"id":84423,"date":"2026-07-14T08:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84423"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:35:55","slug":"syracuse-bishop-warns-society-of-saint-pius-x-followers-of-possible-excommunication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/syracuse-bishop-warns-society-of-saint-pius-x-followers-of-possible-excommunication\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse Bishop Warns Society Of Saint Pius X Followers Of Possible Excommunication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>syracuse.com:<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"4YKNZ372F5D3FFAWN5OPUHEOD4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Catholics who continue to formally follow the Society of Saint Pius X face excommunication, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Syracuse warned in a letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Background\">\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Padding\">\n<div class=\"ad-observer\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The <a title=\"https:\/\/syracusediocese.org\/news\/statement-from-bishop-douglas-j-lucia-on-sspx-vatican-decree\" href=\"https:\/\/syracusediocese.org\/news\/statement-from-bishop-douglas-j-lucia-on-sspx-vatican-decree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/syracusediocese.org\/news\/statement-from-bishop-douglas-j-lucia-on-sspx-vatican-decree\">warning<\/a> follows the Vatican\u2019s declaration that the Society of Saint Pius X, known as SSPX, entered a formal schism after consecrating four bishops without Pope Leo XIV\u2019s approval during a July 1 ceremony in Switzerland. That means the Vatican regards SSPX clergy and followers as having separated themselves from the Church. Syracuse Bishop Douglas J. Lucia said in the letter that SSPX priests are now considered excommunicated. He also warned that Catholics who formally adhere to the society after learning of the Vatican\u2019s decree face excommunication under church law.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From syracuse.com: \u00a0Catholics who continue to formally follow the Society of Saint Pius X face excommunication, the bishop of the.<\/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-84423","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\/84423","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=84423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84425,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84423\/revisions\/84425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}