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Excommunication: SSPX members in Luxembourg affected by church ruling

Members of the Society of St Pius X in Luxembourg are among those excommunicated from the Catholic Church after the group's bishops were consecrated without the Pope's approval.
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JUST IN - The Vatican excommunicates priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing ultra-traditionalist Catholic group, the Society of St Pius X, that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval, judging they were in schism with the wider Church.Read here: https://www.disclose.tv/id/8klgxp4icx/@disclosetvDisclose.tvMembers of traditionalist Catholic group in schism, excommunicated, Vatican saysBreaking news from around the world.
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