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Cardinal Müller calls SSPX consecrations schismatic, defends the Latin Mass
The former Vatican doctrine chief likened the Society of St. Pius X to the ancient Donatist schism, days before its planned July 1 episcopal consecrations at Écône. [...]
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CNN
· Jul 2, 2026
Vatican excommunicates breakaway Catholic group
The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a breakaway Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s wishes are in schism and excommunicated. CNN's Christoper Lamb reports.
Off The Press
· Jul 2, 2026
Vatican excommunicates bishops in ultraconservative group, warns faithful of sanctions
The Vatican responded on Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without Pope Leo XIV’s authorization. In its decree, the Vatican declared the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicated six bishops and priests, the Associated Press reported. It declared that the consecrations were a “schismatic act,” or intentional rupture within the []...Click to read more
The Daily Wire
· Jul 2, 2026
Pope Leo Excommunicates Breakaway Traditionalist Sect From Catholic Church
Pope Leo XIV took the most significant disciplinary action of his young pontificate on Thursday, formally excommunicating the breakaway Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) after the group ignored his personal plea not to consecrate bishops without papal approval. One day after the radical traditionalist fraternity ordained four new bishops in Switzerland in direct violation ...
Catholic World Report
· Jun 30, 2026
Pope Leo XIV pleads with SSPX to halt episcopal consecrations
On the eve of the traditionalist society's planned episcopal consecrations without papal approval, the pontiff issued a written appeal to the SSPX superior general. [...]
The Independent
· Jul 2, 2026
What is the SSPX? Everything we know as Vatican excommunicates priests in bitter row
The Vatican said priests and lay Catholics who are part of the society were in schism with the wider Church
Al Jazeera
· Jul 2, 2026
What is the Society of St Pius X? Why Pope Leo excommunicated its bishops
The Vatican declares 'schism' in Catholic Church after bishops were ordained without Pope Leo XIV's approval.
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Related coverage for "Cardinal Müller calls SSPX consecrations schismatic, defends the Latin Mass": CNN — Vatican excommunicates breakaway Catholic group. Off The Press — Vatican excommunicates bishops in ultraconservative group, warns faithful of sanctions. The Daily Wire — Pope Leo Excommunicates Breakaway Traditionalist Sect From Catholic Church. Catholic World Report — Pope Leo XIV pleads with SSPX to halt episcopal consecrations. The Independent — What is the SSPX? Everything we know as Vatican excommunicates priests in bitter row. Al Jazeera — What is the Society of St Pius X? Why Pope Leo excommunicated its bishops