The ceremony is taking place 38 years to the day after the Vatican declared the last consecrations of SSPX bishops a ‘schismatic act’
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The ceremony is taking place 38 years to the day after the Vatican declared the last consecrations of SSPX bishops a ‘schismatic act’
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Fears of Catholic schism as defiant sect ordains ultra-conservative bishops
Vatican rift deepens as breakaway Catholic group defies Pope, ordains bishops
Catholic Church says 6 bishops from ultra-conservative SSPX society excommunicated as decades-old feud reopens
Rebel Catholic group SSPX defies pope, consecrates bishops
The Society of St Pius X has created a schism in the Vatican
Pope pleads with breakaway Catholics before possible schism
Vatican excommunicates all members of ultra-conservative rebels SSPX
Breakaway Catholic sect defies Vatican again by ordaining bishops
Defying Pope Leo XIV and risking schism, traditionalists go ahead with planned consecrations
Vatican excommunicates rebel SSPX bishops, followers
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