Of the Ecclesial Crisis and Winter Bread

The excommunications issued to the six bishops involved in the Society of St. Pius X’s consecrations are easy to defend. Pope Leo told the SSPX not to consecrate more bishops. They did it. He’s the supreme authority in the Church. They are not. This isn’t a matter of papal ruminations or recommendations on political matters. It’s a matter of the nature of the Church. And no “crisis” can justify disobedience to a direct order by the supreme authority in the Church on a matter that is directly ecclesial.