The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s wishes are excommunicated.

A Catholic splinter group consecrated four bishops on Wednesday, despite a direct appeal from Pope Leo to call it off.

Decades after triggering a rift with the Vatican by consecrating bishops in 1988, the Society of Saint Pius X is doing it again on Wednesday in defiance of Pope Leo XIV.

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics is set to directly defy Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent. The Society of St.

The ultratraditionalist Society of St. Pius X is planning to defy Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent.

An ultra-traditionalist Catholic group has consecrated bishops without papal consent, risking a schism with the church in Rome. Pope Leo had begged the breakaway Society of Saint…

ECONE, Switzerland: Decades after triggering a rift with the Vatican by consecrating bishops in 1988, the Society of Saint Pius X was doing it again on Wednesday — in defiance of…

The Society of Saint Pius X consecrated four new bishops on Wednesday in defiance of Pope Leo XIV, who pleaded with the ultra-traditionalist breakaway group to turn back from what…

Consecrations by Society of Saint Pius X bring automatic excommunication for bishops – and crisis for Pope Leo

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing the resulting excommunications…

The Society of St. Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic group, consecrated four bishops in a ceremony Wednesday without the consent of Pope Leo XIV.

The Society of St. Pius X was excommunicated by Pope Leo for ordaining bishops without his permission. Its issues with the church run far deeper.

The Vatican responded Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicating…

A breakaway Catholic group defied Pope Leo XIV, consecrating four new bishops and deepening the Vatican rift. Learn about the Society of Saint Pius X's sch

The Vatican has responded aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent.

The Vatican has responded aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent

The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s wishes are excommunicated.

The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s wishes are excommunicated.

Holy See responds aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent.

The Vatican said on Thursday that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval are in schism…

The Vatican has confirmed the excommunication of six bishops linked to the Society of Saint Pius X after the Society consecrated new bishops in Switzerland.