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What is the SSPX? A look at the traditionalist Catholic group in schism with the Church

What is the SSPX? A look at the traditionalist Catholic group in schism with the Church

Thursday, July 2, 2026

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is a traditionalist group that is not in full communion with the Catholic Church and has a canonically irregular status.

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