Vatican excommunicates SSPX members — Pius X Brotherhood must decide if it stays in the Church

The Vatican has issued excommunications against priests, bishops and committed faithful of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX, the Lefebvrists), formally excluding them from the Catholic Church. Years of dialogue and attempts at reconciliation have failed. Philosopher and commentator Tomasz P. Terlikowski asks what comes next for a movement that considers itself the last true Catholics.