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The SSPX continued to operate in spite of its supposed official dissolution. In the [[consistory]] of [[24 May]] [[1976]], [[Pope Paul VI]] rebuked Archbishop Lefebvre by name – reportedly the first time in 200 years that a Pope had publicly reprimanded a Catholic bishop – and appealed to him and his followers to change their minds.<ref>Nos igitur iterum adhortamur hos Nostros fratres ac filios, eosque exoramus, ut conscii fiant gravium vulnerum quae secus Ecclesiae illaturi sunt. Invitationem ipsis iteramus, ut secum recogitent gravia Christi monita de Ecclesiae unitate (Cfr. Io. 17, 21 ss.) ac de oboedientia erga legitimum Pastorem, ab Ipso universo gregi praepositum, cum signum oboedientiae sit quae Patri ac Filio debetur (Cfr. Luc. 10, 16). Nos eos aperto corde exspectamus apertisque bracchiis ad eos prompte amplectendos: utinam humilitatis exemplum praebentes, ad gaudium Populi Dei rursus viam unitatis et amoris ingredi valeant! ([http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/speeches/1976/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19760524_concistoro_lt.html Consistory for the creation of twenty new Cardinals (May 24, 1976)]</ref> Archbishop (later Cardinal) [[Giovanni Cardinal Benelli|Giovanni Benelli]], the deputy Vatican [[Secretariat of State (Vatican)|Secretary of State]], sent Lefebvre two letters ordering him not to proceed with scheduled priestly ordinations for the SSPX. Lefebvre ignored the warning, and went ahead with the ordinations on [[June 29]] [[1976]]. Lefebvre was immediately suspended "''a collatione ordinum''": he could no longer legally ordain priests. A week later, Cardinal [[Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio|Sebastiano Baggio]], Prefect of the [[Congregation for Bishops]] sent him an official communication requiring him to ask the Pope's pardon. Lefebvre responded with a letter claiming that there was "a secret agreement between high dignitaries in the Church and those in Masonic lodges before the Council". On [[July 22]], Baggio notified Lefebvre that, since he had not apologized to the Pope, he was suspended "''a divinis''". He was now legally forbidden to celebrate any of the sacraments.
Since this time, the Holy See through the Pontifical Commission Eccelsia's President, Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, has repeatedly made public declarations that the SSPX bishops, priests and laymen are not in formal schism. However, he has repeated that Archbishop Lefebvre committed a "schismatic act" with the ordination of bishops against the express will of the Sovereign Pontiff.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General, has met with the Pope personally twice since 2000, and ongoing dialogue with the Holy See makes an eventual reconciliation in the future seem more probable.
== The 1988 consecrations ==
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