Rebel Catholic group SSPX defies pope, consecrates bishops
Key takeaways
- 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.
Midway through the mass in the Swiss Alps, Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta placed his hands on the head of the four new bishops — a ritual that confers the Holy Spirit from one bishop to another and which recalls Christ's gesture to his apostles.