SSPX rejects Pope Leo XIV's excommunication as canonically invalid

The Society of St Pius X (SSPX) is challenging the excommunication imposed by Pope Leo XIV in early July, claiming it acted in accordance with canon law and invoking a state of necessity. The Lefebvrists accuse the Vatican of procedural irregularities. The conflict is escalating, and the SSPX counts several prominent Polish figures among its sympathisers.