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Vatican declares ultraconservative society in schism, excommunicates bishops and warns faithful
20+ min ago (42+ words) Yahoo The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church....
Pray with the Pope | For respect for human life - The Society of Jesus
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (167+ words) Pope Leo XIV dedicates his June prayer intention to the values of sports, "to build communion and fraternity in history. He invites us to pray that sports might be a path of peace, encounter, and dialogue between cultures, promoting respect,…...
Vatican excommunicates schismatic bishops and priests, and warns their followers
32+ min ago (41+ words) The Vatican has responded aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent. The Vatican on Thursday declared that the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church and it excommunicated its bishops....
Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (665+ words) VATICAN CITY " The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicating its bishops and priests and warning its faithful they too face the…...
Vatican Explains Consequences of Excommunication of Lefebvrists, Including Invalidity of Sacraments
41+ min ago (300+ words) Explanatory Note from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, regarding the Decree of excommunication for the ordaining bishops and the members of the Society of Saint Pius X who illicitly received ordination without the Pope's authorization. (ZENIT News…...
Pope Leo calls Christians to unite in preparing for 2033 Jubilee: 'Rediscovering the gift and the call to be witnesses"
39+ min ago (594+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV has called on all Christians to work together toward the celebration of 2033, when the Catholic Church will mark an extraordinary Jubilee Year commemorating 2, 000 years since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The pope expressed this…...
What are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church?
55+ min ago (402+ words) Recently a'community of Poor Clare nuns'in Spain announced their decision to leave the Catholic Church, thus committing the canonical crime of schism and incurring excommunication.'Italian Archbishop Carlo Mar'a Vigan'is also undergoing a Vatican extrajudicial process for schism. Just what…...
The Pallium Pilgrimage to Rome: A New York Pilgrim's Perspective
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (375+ words) It's'heartening, as this'particular period'of transition for our archdiocese symbolically ends with the pallium liturgy, to'witness'firsthand how succession and passing on are inherently part of the Church's DNA For the past five days, more than 150 pilgrims from New York and Illinois…...
Vatican excommunicates ultraconservative breakaway bishops in first crisis for Pope
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (102+ words) Inbox. lv Vatican excommunicates ultraconservative breakaway bishops in first crisis for Pope The Vatican excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X, while warning that any lay believers who "formally adhere" to the breakaway Catholic group would…...
The brutal excommunication of the Society of Saint Pius X
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (542+ words) 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 was swift and brutal. Today, it announced that not only have the…...