A priest associated with the excommunicated ultra-conservative Catholic Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) tells worshippers the breakaway group will be welcomed back to the Catholic Church under a future pope, according to multiple reports. The SSPX is described by outlets as a rebel or splinter group. The excommunication is reported to follow the ordination of four bishops on Wednesday without Pope Leo’s approval, prompting the Vatican action earlier this week. Writing on Sunday, the priest’s message is that the group’s status could change later, with a different pope taking a more welcoming approach. While the outlets characterize the SSPX in different terms—some refer to it broadly as ultra-conservative, and one outlet also includes the description “antisemitic”—all reports focus on the same sequence of events: the Wednesday ordinations, the subsequent excommunication, and the priest’s claim that reunification could occur under a later pontiff.