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Pius X, in First Major Crisis for Pope Leo

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Pope excommunicates 500,000 Catholics from ultra-conservative rebel sect.

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More than 500,000 Catholics from an ultra-conservative breakaway sect have been excommunicated from the Vatican in a rare move by Pope Leo XIV.Followers of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) have been censured by the church after it consecrated four new bishops in Geneva against the Vatican's direct instructions.As part of the decree, the Society's total of six bishops were excommunicated.On top of this, the decree added any lay members who "formally adhere" to the group "are to be considered schismatic and excommunicated".

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The group dates back to the 1970s, when they were formed in opposition to the modernising reforms made by the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s at what was known as the Second Vatican Council.

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Named after the traditionalist pontiff who ran the church from August 1903 until his death in August 1914, the group rejected the Vatican's attempts to repair its relations with Jews and other Christian denominations.The Society, whose...

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What is the Society of St Pius X?

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Catholic Church says 6 bishops from ultra-conservative SSPX society excommunicated as decades-old feud reopens - CBS News.

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Catholic Church says 6 bishops from ultra-conservative SSPX society excommunicated as decades-old feud reopens CBS NewsBreakaway Catholic group excommunicated after defying warnings from Pope Leo CNNLefebvrite priests and lay faithful: Procedure to return to Catholic communion Vatican NewsVatican declares Society of St.

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