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Priest from excommunicated Catholic sect claims "a future pope will welcome us back". Wrong answer. It's supposed to be "we'll start our own church, with hookers and blackjack" [Followup]
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The West Australian
· Jul 5, 2026
Future Pope will 'welcome us back', sect priest says
A future Pope will welcome us back, a priest from an excommunicated ultra-conservative Catholic sect says.
SundayTimes
· Jul 5, 2026
A future pope will ‘welcome us back’, says priest from excommunicated Catholic sect
Group accuses the Church of straying from the true faith
Catholic World Report
· Jun 29, 2026
Filipino cardinal: Catholics should be agents of change, not ‘keyboard warriors’
A Filipino cardinal urges Catholics to get offline, Syria welcomes its new papal nuncio, a Scottish diocese speaks out against an unsanctioned ordination, and more in this week's world news roundup. [...]
Reuters
· Jul 5, 2026
Excommunicated sect says future pope will reunite them
The Society of St Pius X, excommunicated after ordaining four bishops without Pope Leo's approval, said that a future pope would welcome the ultra-conservative Catholic splinter group back to the Church. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #SocietyOfStPiusX #SSPX #PopeLeo #CatholicChurch #Excommunication #Schism #Switzerland #Wil #LatinMass #UltraConservativeCatholic #Vatican #GeorgKopf #CatholicNews #BreakingNews #WorldNews #Religion #ReligiousNews #HolySee Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4y4LxqD 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on X: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en
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.
Jacobin
· Jul 6, 2026
Inside the Schism Threatening the Catholic Church
Pope Leo excommunicated four newly consecrated bishops last week, members of the conservative Society of Saint Pius X. Their movement represents a broader traditionalist reaction in the Catholic church, fueled by Christian nationalists in the US and beyond.
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Related coverage for "Priest from excommunicated Catholic sect claims "a future pope will welcome us back". Wrong answer. It's supposed to be "we'll start our own church, with hookers and blackjack" [Followup]": The West Australian — Future Pope will 'welcome us back', sect priest says. SundayTimes — A future pope will ‘welcome us back’, says priest from excommunicated Catholic sect. Catholic World Report — Filipino cardinal: Catholics should be agents of change, not ‘keyboard warriors’. Reuters — Excommunicated sect says future pope will reunite them. CNN — Vatican excommunicates breakaway Catholic group. Jacobin — Inside the Schism Threatening the Catholic Church