Pope Leo XIV has made a last-ditch appeal to a rebel group of traditionalist Catholics who plan to ordain bishops without his approval in Switzerland on Wednesday.

The Society of Saint Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic community, plans to ordain its own bishops on Wednesday without Vatican approval, raising the risk of schism within the…

Pope Leo XIV is begging a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent.