UPDATE: POPE LEO XIV EXCOMMUNICATES BREAKAWAY CATHOLIC BISHOPS . (PHOTO).
POPE LEO XIV EXCOMMUNICATES BREAKAWAY CATHOLIC BISHOPS Bishops a splinter group "fired" By Christopher Lamb Rome — The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a breakaway Catholic group that ordained four new bishops without Pope Leo XIV’s approval are in schism (split over belief, doctrine, loyalty) and excommunicated. The Society of Saint Pius X, SSPX went ahead with the ordinations on Wednesday, July 1 at its seminary in Econe, Switzerland, despite appeals from Pope Leo to reverse the decision. The Vatican’s doctrinal office published a decree saying: 1. The four new bishops are excommunicated 2. The two bishops who ordained them are also excommunicated 3. Priests and lay members who “formally adhere” to SSPX are in schism and excommunicated 4. Any marriage or confession offered by the group will be considered “invalid” Excommunication excludes them from the sacraments of the Church. The doctrinal ...

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