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Controversial bishops ordained as Pope warns of 'schism' in Catholic Church
Key takeaways
- EPA/Shutterstock Image caption, Four priests from Switzerland, the US and France were ordained during a ceremony in the Alpine village of Écône
- Thousands of people have gathered in a tiny village in Switzerland to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops, in defiance of an appeal by Pope Leo XIV.
- The four, one from the United States, one from Switzerland, and two from France, are members of the controversial Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), also sometimes known as Lefebrvistes after SSPX's founder Marcel Lefebvre.
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EPA/Shutterstock Image caption, Four priests from Switzerland, the US and France were ordained during a ceremony in the Alpine village of Écône
Thousands of people have gathered in a tiny village in Switzerland to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops, in defiance of an appeal by Pope Leo XIV.
The four, one from the United States, one from Switzerland, and two from France, are members of the controversial Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), also sometimes known as Lefebrvistes after SSPX's founder Marcel Lefebvre.
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