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Members of Rebel Catholic Group in Schism, Excommunicated, Vatican Says

By Joshua McElwee, Reuters
A woman walks past a sign at the entrance of Santa Caterina da Siena chapel where the Society of St Pius X celebrates Mass, on the day the Vatican declared the traditionalist Catholic group to be in schism following unauthorised bishop ordinations, in Rome, Italy, July, 2, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Jul 2, 2026
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The Vatican said on Thursday that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated.

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A woman walks past a sign at the entrance of Santa Caterina da Siena chapel where the Society of St Pius X celebrates Mass, on the day the Vatican declared the traditionalist Catholic group to be in schism following unauthorised bishop ordinations, in Rome, Italy, July, 2, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli