Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off plan to consecrate its own bishops

Pope Leo XIV urged the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to abandon its plan to consecrate four bishops without papal approval, calling the act a schismatic sin. The SSPX, a traditionalist group opposing Vatican II reforms, has a history of consecrating bishops without consent, leading to excommunications in 1988. The Vatican warned of automatic excommunication for those involved in the upcoming consecrations.