The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) - a rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics - was excommunicated after four bishops were ordained without Pope Leo's approval on Wednesday.

The Vatican says bishops from the ultra-conservative Catholic SSPX society were automatically excommunicated after ignoring Pope Leo's plea for unity.

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

On Wednesday, the largest traditional Catholic order of priests in the world, the Society of Saint Pius X, consecrated four bishops without a papal mandate. The Vatican’s response…

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The Vatican declares 'schism' in Catholic Church after bishops were ordained without Pope Leo XIV's approval.

The Catholic Church formally recognized that the SSPX is in schism with the Holy See and its members are excommunicated.

Ultra-traditionalist right-wing Society of St Pius X was established in 1970 and denies key Church teachings

Excommunication is the Vatican's most serious penalty, which bars a person from fully participating in the life of the Church until they are reconciled with it. | World News

The Society of St. Pius X was founded in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council, also known as Vatican II.

As the Vatican excommunicated four bishops of the ultra-traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X this week, notice was also served that the society’s priests and lay Catholics who…

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) - a rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics - was excommunicated after four bishops were ordained without Pope Leo's approval on Wednesday.

The Society of St. Pius X was excommunicated after four bishops were ordained without Pope Leo's approval on Wednesday

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