The Vatican says bishops from the ultra-conservative Catholic SSPX society were automatically excommunicated after ignoring ...

Despite a personal appeal from Pope Leo XIV, the Society of St. Pius X went ahead July 1 with the unauthorized consecration of four new bishops at its seminary in Écône, Switzerland, with the Mass ...

Bishops across the U.S. have reassured SSPX worshippers that they remain welcome in the Catholic Church despite the schism.

Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring ...

The SSPX ordained four new bishops without a papal mandate in Switzerland, triggering automatic excommunication for all six bishops involved.

The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, ...

Pope Leo XIV excommunicates Society of St. Pius X bishops after unauthorized consecrations, declaring the traditionalist ...

When a priest of the Catholic Church is being consecrated as a bishop, the prelate elevating him is required to ask for the Apostolic Mandate — the formal approval of the pope for his new office — to ...

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent. The Society of St.

The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X went ahead with the ceremony, even after the Vatican warned it would result in the ...

A breakaway faction of rebel Catholics is poised to consecrate four of its bishops in a dramatic break from the Vatican.