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The Society of St. Pius X announced Monday that an appeal has been filed against the July 2 decree which declared six bishops to be excommunicated.

In an unsigned notice to media, released via the SSPX website, the society stated that “in response to the decree issued on 2 July 2026 by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, [the society] submitted on 11 July a preliminary recourse to the same Dicastery, in accordance with canons 1734 and following of the Code of Canon Law.”

“This request, which constitutes the mandatory preliminary step before the possible introduction of a hierarchical recourse, has the effect of suspending the execution of the decree, in accordance with canon 1353 of the Code of Canon Law,” the statement said, adding that “the Society intends to exercise the right which the Church recognizes to any person who considers himself harmed by an administrative act to seek its correction, in a spirit of respect for ecclesiastical authority and of faithful attachment to justice, truth and the good of the Church.”

The society did not release the text of the submitted recourse. Absent that, the announcement

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