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Cardinal Sarah on SSPX: ‘faith can never lead us to renounce obedience to the Church’

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The African cardinal joins Cardinal Müller in opposing the SSPX's planned episcopal consecrations, as prelates continue to air differing arguments over the issue.​


VATICAN CITY (PerMariam) — Cardinal Robert Sarah has issued a plea to the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) not to proceed with episcopal consecrations, writing that “to leave Peter’s boat and organize ourselves autonomously and in a closed circle is to surrender ourselves to the waves of the storm.”

In a forthright article published in French on February 22, Cdl. Sarah became the latest prominent prelate to address the current issue of the SSPX’s planned episcopal consecrations.

Sarah wrote of his “deep concern and sadness” upon hearing of the SSPX’s plan to consecrate new bishops.

“We are told that this decision to disobey Church law is motivated by the supreme law of the salvation of souls: suprema lex, salus animarum,” he wrote, before asking: “But salvation is Christ, and He is only given in the Church. How can we claim to lead souls to salvation by means other than those He Himself has indicated to us?” {The full statement is found at the bottom of this article}

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Cardinal Sarah is usually considered to be one the most conservative Cardinals, so where does this leave the SSPX? Will they still proceed on July 1 with the proposed ordinations? My guess is that they will go ahead as planned with the ordiantions.
 
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