The traditionalist society defied Pope Leo XIV’s personal plea by proceeding with the ordinations without papal approval, risking a fresh schism with the Vatican.
“Previous generations gave poor answers, stemming from the dictatorship of relativism, expressed by saying, ‘it is good if it is true for you; it just isn’t true for me.’ That is superficial,” Father Daniel Ebert Steiner says.
The initiative reflects a broader push by secularist and left-leaning lawmakers to strengthen child protection measures, even at the expense of traditional religious exemptions.
The pope’s first encyclical will address fears that artificial intelligence is transforming human life faster than moral and political institutions can keep up.
