Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X

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Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X is a traditionalist Catholic priestly society founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, known for its adherence to pre-Vatican II liturgy and teachings and its complex canonical status within the Catholic Church.

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Label Occurrences
Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf religious institute of pontifical right (disputed)
traditionalist Catholic priestly society
canonicalStatus irregular status within the Catholic Church
claimsFidelityTo traditional Catholic doctrine
traditional Catholic liturgy
considersItself faithful to the perennial Magisterium of the Church
countryOfOrigin Switzerland
criticizes modernism in the Catholic Church
EnglishName Society of Saint Pius X
foundedBy Marcel Lefebvre
foundedIn Fribourg
surface form: Fribourg, Switzerland
founderOccupation Catholic archbishop
foundingDate 1970-11-01
globalPresence chapels and priories on multiple continents
hasApostolate mission work
operation of chapels and priories worldwide
retreat houses
schools and educational institutions
hasAssociatedGroup Third Order of the Society of Saint Pius X
surface form: Society of Saint Pius X Third Order

traditionalist religious communities aligned with SSPX
hasClergyType brothers
priests
hasPriestlySocietyType society of apostolic life (claimed)
hasPublication various periodicals promoting traditional Catholicism
hasSeminary International Seminary of Saint Pius X, Écône
surface form: Écône International Seminary
headquartersLocation Menzingen, Switzerland
LatinName Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X self-link
liturgicalRite Tridentine Mass
surface form: Roman Rite (pre-Vatican II form)
mainSeminaryLocation Écône, Valais, Switzerland
namedAfter Pope Pius X
notInFullCommunionWith Holy See
opposes liturgical changes after Vatican II
many reforms of the Second Vatican Council
orientation traditionalist Catholicism
primaryLanguage English
French
Latin (liturgy)
promotes Tridentine Mass
rejects ecumenism as practiced after Vatican II
interreligious dialogue as practiced after Vatican II
religious liberty as taught in Dignitatis humanae (Vatican II)
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
shortName Society of Saint Pius X
surface form: FSSPX

Society of Saint Pius X
surface form: SSPX
subjectOf canonical negotiations with the Vatican
doctrinal discussions with the Holy See
theologyFocus preservation of pre-conciliar Catholic theology
usesMissalOf 1962 Roman Missal

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Society of Saint Pius X shortName Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X
Society of Saint Pius X officialLatinName Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X
Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X LatinName Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X self-link