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WORLDJul 2 · 22:59 UTCSEMAFORBrendan Ruberry

Pope cuts off conservative group

Pope Leo XIV excommunicated 750 priests from the Society of St. Pius X, an ultraconservative group opposing 20th-century reforms and linked to Europe's far right. The move followed the group's defiance by ordaining bishops without Vatican approval, creating the church's largest schism in 150 years.

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