The Holy See has declared that, if the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) proceeds with the ordination of bishops in July without a papal mandate, those involved in these illicit ordinations are automatically (latae sententiae) excommunicated — that is, excommunicated by their own acts.
One may, indeed one should, hope that it does not come to that. But even if the SSPX hits the brakes at the last moment and doesn’t commit formally schismatic acts, the grave problem posed by the SSPX will continue.
That was made rather clear by the May 14 “Declaration of Catholic Faith Addressed to Pope Leo XIV”, in which the SSPX leadership declares, wittingly or not, that it does not share the faith of the Catholic Church.
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