Chances are, Gentle Reader, if you don't follow news of the Catholic Church, and in particular stories that relate to the celebration of, and groups attached to the Traditional Latin Mass, also know as the "Tridentine Mass", "The Mass of the Ages", etc, (hereafter referred to as the TLM), then you've not heard the sad news concerning the upcoming episcopal consecrations of four men by the Society of St. Pius X (hereafter referred to as the SSPX). A little background may help clarify the story.  The SSPX was founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, at Fribourg, Switzerland in 1969, moving to Econe in 1971.  It was founded expressly to promote traditional customs, theology, and priestly training, in particular using the older forms of the Roman Ritual and Missal in use before the Second Vatican Council.  From the very start the SSPX was a bone of contention with the French bishops, who refused to incardinate a...