Lourdes Bishop Bans SSPX Masses at Shrine After 4 Bishops Were Ordained
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Updated · ewtnnews.com · Aug 20
Lourdes Bishop Bans SSPX Masses at Shrine After 4 Bishops Were Ordained
3 articles · Updated · ewtnnews.com · Aug 20
Summary
Jean-Marc Micas revoked SSPX priests’ authorization to celebrate Mass, sacraments and public prayers at the Lourdes Shrine in an Aug. 13 statement.
The ban followed the Vatican’s July 2 decree declaring the traditionalist group in schism and excommunicating bishops involved after SSPX ordained four bishops on July 1 without papal approval.
Micas said private prayer at the grotto and elsewhere in the shrine remains open to anyone, even as public liturgical activity by the SSPX is barred.
The move extends the fallout from the unauthorized ordinations, underscoring how the Vatican’s schism ruling is now reshaping access to major Catholic pilgrimage sites.