Vatican Excommunicates Breakaway Catholic Group Following Unauthorized Ordinations

The Vatican has announced that priests and members of the ultra-traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) have been excommunicated after the group ordained four new bishops without the approval of Pope Leo XIV.
 
The ordinations took place despite direct warnings from the Pope that the action would represent a schismatic act. In response, the Vatican’s doctrinal office issued a decree declaring that the four newly consecrated bishops, alongside the two officiating bishops, are formally excommunicated and excluded from the sacraments of the Catholic Church. The Vatican added that priests and lay members who formally adhere to the breakaway group are also considered in schism and fa...