The letter, accompanied by a 28-page Profession of Faith, comes on the eve of the Pope’s second meeting with the Sacred College.
On the eve of the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals at the Vatican on 26–27 June, and just one week before the Society of Saint Pius X’s planned episcopal consecrations at Ecône, the SSPX has issued an open letter to Pope Leo XIV and the members of the Sacred College.
The letter, accompanied by a 28-page Profession of Faith, was first published in Italian today by the Italian site, Messa in Latino. The publication stated that it had received the documents from what it described as “sources at the highest levels” and indicated that the full text of the accompanying doctrinal declaration would be published later today.
Presenting the accompanying 28-page Profession of Faith, the SSPX leaders write that they hope it may one day “serve as the basis for a frank discussion with the Holy See, in a peaceful, fraternal, and charitable spirit.” They add that the document is “not the sterile litany of a group of nostalgics, but the necessary expression, peaceful yet resolute, of our faith.”
Dated 24 June 2026, the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, the letter is signed by Superior General Davide Pagliarani together with the Society’s principal superiors and former superiors general.
Below is my English translation of the open letter. An English translation of the Profession will be published as soon as possible.
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