The Catholic Church have been debating wether or not to allow the ultraconservative splinter group, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), back into the church.

By April 15th the Society of Saint Pius X will give their response to a “Doctrinal Preamble” outlining “certain doctrinal principles and criteria for the interpretation of Catholic doctrine … (while also) leaving open to legitimate discussion the examination and theological explanation of individual expressions and formulations contained in the documents of Vatican Council II and later Magisterium.”

The controversial Swiss based society has come under great criticism in the past for some one of it’s bishops denying the scale of the holocost.

Factions within the SSPX and within the church are both opposed to the organisation being allowed back into the church. With progressives fearing it will push the Vatican towards the right.