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The Vatican declared the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) in schism and excommunicated its bishops and priests after they consecrated bishops without papal approval. The decree warns SSPX faithful that attending their Masses could result in excommunication, reversing prior concessions to the traditionalist group.

The Vatican declared the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicated its bishops and priests after the society consecrated bishops without the pope's consent.

The Vatican excommunicated six bishops from the Society of St Pius X, an ultraconservative Catholic group, after they consecrated four new bishops without papal approval. The decree labeled the act as 'schismatic' and warned that lay believers formally adhering to the group would also face excommunication.

Traditionalist Catholics in Switzerland consecrated four bishops without Pope Leo XIV's consent, defying his warnings and resulting in automatic excommunications. The Society of St. Pius X justified the act as necessary to defend the Catholic faith, despite the schismatic break with the Holy See.

Traditionalist Catholics consecrated four bishops without Pope Leo XIV's approval in Switzerland, defying excommunications and asserting the necessity to defend the Catholic faith. The act, deemed a schismatic rupture by the Church, occurred at the Society of St. Pius X's seminary in Econe, with hundreds attending the traditional Latin Mass ceremony.

Traditionalist Catholics defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops during a Latin Mass in Switzerland without papal approval, citing a 'sacred duty' to preserve Catholic tradition. The Pope warned the act constitutes a 'sin of extreme gravity' and risks excommunication and schism, but the ceremony proceeded with thousands of attendees and livestreamed coverage.

Traditionalist Catholics with the Society of St. Pius X defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops during a Latin Mass in Econe, Switzerland, without papal approval. The group justified the act as a 'sacred duty' to preserve Catholic tradition, despite warnings of excommunication and schism.

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) plans to consecrate four bishops without Pope Leo XIV's consent, incurring automatic excommunication and a schismatic act. The group, founded in opposition to Vatican II reforms, has grown despite its lack of legal status in the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV urged the Society of St. Pius X to abandon plans to consecrate four bishops without Vatican approval, calling it a 'sin of extreme gravity' and warning it risks deepening a decades-old split with the Church. The group, which rejects post-Vatican II reforms, claims a 'state of necessity' requires the consecration, echoing a 1988 schismatic act that led to excommunications.

Pope Leo XIV urged the Society of St. Pius X to cancel its planned consecration of four bishops without papal approval, calling it a schismatic act and a 'sin of extreme gravity.' The Vatican warned of automatic excommunication for those involved, marking a crisis for the pope's efforts to maintain church unity.

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.