Pope Leo XIV excommunicated members of the Society of St. Pius X after they consecrated four bishops against the will of the church Wednesday.

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.

Pontiff warns that defiance by Society of Saint Pius X would be ‘schismatic act’

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.

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…

La Fraternidad Sacerdotal San Pío X se opone a las reformas modernizadoras de la Iglesia católica.El mero acto de consagrar a un obispo sin mandato papal conlleva la excomunión…

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

La Fraternidad San Pío X consumó en Écône, Suiza, el cisma que venía anunciando desde febrero. León XIV había suplicado en una carta que desistieran. Es la crisis más grave con el…

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.

It is a remarkable collapse in relations between the Catholic Church and what used to be its preeminent internal critics.

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…

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.

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.