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Breakaway Catholic group SSPX risks schism with Rome
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- An ultra-traditionalist Catholic group has consecrated bishops without papal consent, risking a schism with the church in Rome.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5GM8k The consecration ceremony was held in Econe, Switerland Image: Baz Ratner/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement.
- Under church law, this is an act that could lead to automatic excommunication of those involved and a schism with the Vatican.
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An ultra-traditionalist Catholic group has consecrated bishops without papal consent, risking a schism with the church in Rome. Pope Leo had begged the breakaway Society of Saint Pius X to reconsider its plan.
https://p.dw.com/p/5GM8k The consecration ceremony was held in Econe, Switerland Image: Baz Ratner/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement. A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), on Wednesday defied Pope Leo XIV in consecrating four bishops without his sanction.
Under church law, this is an act that could lead to automatic excommunication of those involved and a schism with the Vatican.
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