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In the text, the community expresses its “deep sorrow” over consecrations performed “against the will of the Supreme Pontiff,” rejects the notion that a supposed “state of necessity” could justify the act, and calls on Leo XIV for a more decisive intervention against the doctrinal errors that, in its view, currently affect the Church.
The statement also reaffirms the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer’s commitment to remain faithful both to the liturgical tradition and to visible communion with the Roman Pontiff, while urging the Holy See to give special attention to the faithful attached to traditional liturgical forms.
The following is the full text of the communiqué issued by the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer on July 2, 2026:
1. The Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer (FSVF) takes note of the episcopal consecrations conferred within the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) on July 1, 2026, against the will of the Supreme Pontiff. It deeply regrets this act, which tears the seamless garment of Christ. The FSSPX invokes a “state of necessity.” Yet no state of necessity can ever permit acting against what belongs to the divine constitution of the Church.
2. The communiqué of February 12, 2026, from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) recalls the existence of the “various degrees of adherence required by the different texts of Vatican II.” This traditional doctrine allows Catholics to adopt a just position of adherence to the Magisterium while respectfully criticizing the deficiencies of certain texts.
3. Furthermore, the FSVF observes, together with numerous clerics and laypeople, the existence of internal currents in the Church that, “no longer enduring sound doctrine” (2 Tim 4:3), call into question the great dogmatic and moral truths through a process of self-secularization. It implores the Holy Father to condemn these errors and, for the protection of the Christian people, to disavow the priests or bishops who promote them, and to encourage all those who oppose them.
4. The FSVF intends, in this dramatic context, to continue its mission with humility and charity, without compromise with error, in intact fidelity to the liturgical disciplines and traditional pedagogies, in visible communion with the one Church of Christ and her legitimate hierarchy.
5. With a keen awareness of the tensions and divisions that will affect consciences and families, the FSVF encourages the faithful, anxious or disoriented, to maintain and cultivate, with the strength given by faith and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, this double fidelity, in which a coherent and fruitful path is found. It asks, with respect and insistence, that the Holy See manifest its paternal solicitude for “all those Catholic faithful who feel attached to some earlier liturgical and disciplinary forms of the Latin tradition” (motu proprio Ecclesia Dei, no. 5c).
July 2, 2026, feast of the Visitation of Our Lady.