Vatican excommunicates rebel SSPX bishops, followers
Key takeaways
- The Vatican's watchdog authority has imposed severe disciplinary measures on an ultratraditionalist Catholic group.
- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Catholic watchdog authority, announced that the four newly consecrated bishops, as well as two other bishops, will be expelled from the church or excommunicated.
- It also warned that the faithful "who adhere formally" to the group, the Society of Saint Pius X (SPPX), are also considered "schismatic" and therefore excommunicated.
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The Vatican's watchdog authority has imposed severe disciplinary measures on an ultratraditionalist Catholic group. The move comes after the group, the Society of Saint Pius X, consecrated bishops without papal consent.
https://p.dw.com/p/5GQx DThe Vatican has imposed severe penalties on the breakaway Society of Saint Pius XImage: Giuseppe Colasanto/Zoonar/picture alliance Advertisement The Vatican on Thursday imposed some of the highest penalties available under the Catholic Church's canon law on a breakaway group that consecrated four bishops in defiance of the pope.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Catholic watchdog authority, announced that the four newly consecrated bishops, as well as two other bishops, will be expelled from the church or excommunicated.