The announcement of possible new episcopal consecrations by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX)—widely commented on in recent days—has put the traditional world, and the pontificate of Leo XIV, in tension before a reality that—until now—had attempted to carry out in “silence and listening.”
However, the recent interview with the superior general of the FSSPX, Don Davide Pagliarani, shows that the decision is not explained solely by a disciplinary or canonical issue. At the center of the conflict appears the figure of Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández—Tucho—and the doctrinal orientation promoted from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
It is not simply a matter of a deteriorated relationship with “Rome” in the abstract, nor even a specific disagreement with the Pope. For the Fraternity, the problem has a concrete face and a precise content: a way of understanding the proclamation of the Gospel, Tradition, and doctrinal authority that they consider incompatible with the Catholic faith received.
Since his appointment as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2023, Fernández has assumed the management of the Church’s most sensitive doctrinal matters: synodality, sexual morality, liturgy, and Mariology. For the FSSPX, Tucho is the symbol of a doctrinal line that the Fraternity considers decisive in the deterioration of relations.
In explaining why the situation has become unsustainable, Pagliarani does not dwell on administrative problems or the lack of legal recognition. The focus is on concrete documents, speeches, and theological criteria directly associated with the prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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