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Catholic Group Defies Pope Leo XIV By Appointing Four Bishops, They're Risking Excommunication

The Society of St. Pius X plans to appoint bishops without papal approval, risking excommunication. The group insists on preserving traditional Catholic practices despite warnings from Pope Leo XIV.

International Business Times UK · Jul 1

Vatican faces rift after faction defies Pope Leo and risks excommunication

The ceremony is taking place 38 years to the day after the Vatican declared the last consecrations of SSPX bishops a ‘schismatic act’

The Independent UK · Jul 1

Conservatives are cautiously hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will restore rigor to the papacy

Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful he will return doctrinal rigor to the papacy, even as progressives sense he will continue Pope Francis’ reformist agenda

The Independent UK · May 12, 2025

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Pope marks 60th anniversary of Second Vatican Council

Pope Francis is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the landmark meetings that brought the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church into the modern era

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

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