I use to belong to them. What is the whole thing going on with them now?
From another thread of a month or so ago, it would appear that a statement was made - whether officially by the SSPX or unofficially, that they were not going to reconcile with Rome (presumably, in response to Rome’s last specifications as to what the Society) would have to do to reconcile.
Coupled with that is the issue that keeps bouncing around, stated as “They are not in schism”.
There are two aspects to schism; de facto and de jure. De facto schism is a factual (as opposed to judicial) status. In other words, someone factually, by their stance, no longer is part of the Catholic Church because of their refusal to follow the directions of the Pope. From Wikipedia: “the offence of schism concerns not differences of belief or doctrine but promotion of, or the state of, division”.
That is a fairly good definition, and within the issue of the SSPX, seems to fit the facts; they have been refused recognition in that their bishops have no authority or jurisdiction; and their priests likewise, as well as not being able to be granted legitimate faculties to administer sacraments. It also appears to go along with Archbishop Mueller’s statement.
De jure schism is a legal determination, by the Pope (most likely through the appropriate dicastery, but clearly at his direction or acknowledgement) that the group is legally determined to have broken off from the Church.
It would appear that Rome holds out the hope and possibility of reconciliation; but Rome is not going to chase them down, nor is it going to back off on what it requires for reconciliation. Granted that the talks seemed to be primarily between them and Benedict 16, the issues go back to John Paul 2. And there is no reason to presume that Francis, or any popes after him, are going to change their stance. That leaves it up to the SSPX, and unless there are some secret talks going on (possible if a part of the SSPX were seeking regularization, as the FSSP did), nothing seems to have changed from the statement noted earlier.z
In other words, the ball is in their court; it has been in their court for well over a year, and it appears they are not making any moves to regularize. And it appears that Rome is now willing to speak in terms of de facto separation, or to put it in Church terms, de fact schism.
As another poster noted, that leaves open the possibility of reconciliation. And if their stance does not change, they will be faced, eventually, with the issue of consecrating more bishops; should that happen, it would appear the distinct possibility that they would be declared de jure schismatic.
