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

The Vatican has responded aggressively to the ultratraditionalist Society of St. Pius X after it defied Pope Leo XIV and consecrated four bishops without his consent.

ECONE, Switzerland — Decades after triggering a rift with the Vatican by consecrating bishops in 1988, the Society of Saint Pius X is doing it again on Wednesday in defiance of Pope Leo XIV. The ultra ...

ROME (AP) — The traditionalist Catholics who defied Pope Leo XIV and caused a schism defended their actions Friday, insisting they were merely saving souls and were victim of an unjust sanction by the ...

The Society of St. Pius X was excommunicated by Pope Leo for ordaining bishops without his permission. Its issues with the ...

All six of the Society of Saint Pius X's bishops, including four newly consecrated ones, were automatically excommunicated.

More than a rupture, the scene surrounding the most significant schism in the Catholic Church's recent memory felt like a reunion. That was what I kept feeling on the hillside grounds of the Society ...

The traditionalist Catholics who defied Pope Leo XIV and caused a schism defended their actions Friday. The head of the Society of St. Pius X wrote to Leo a day after the Vatican excommunicated the ...

Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their ...

The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a breakaway Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s wishes are in schism and excommunicated.

ECONE, Switzerland, July 2 (Reuters) - Members of a breakaway Catholic group excommunicated over the ordination of four bishops were unrepentant on Thursday, accusing the Church of straying from the ...