Vatican Excommunicates Bishops of Breakaway Group, Casting Spotlight on Kansas Town
The decree also warned that clergy and others who formally adhere to the Society of St. Pius X could face excommunication.
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The Church of the Priestly Fraternity St. Pius X in São Paulo: traditionalist congregation prays Masses in Latin. BBC As a practice, it was in Latin the solemn Mass dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on the last day 29. Three days later, Pope Leo excommunicated the leaders of the ultra-conservative Fraternity Priestly group St. Pius X, which has among its flags precisely the celebration in the a…
Vatican Excommunicates Right Wing Fundamentalists in First Test of Leo's Papacy
Photo by Christian Harb On July 2, 2026, the Vatican announced formally that the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), a fundamentalist sect, had entered into schism by consecrating four Bishops without authorization from Pope Leo XIV, thereby incurring latae sententiae, or automatic, excommunication upon themselves. After months of intransigence in the face of outreach from Rome, SSPX carried through with plans it had announced initially last February,…
Hanford Sentinel
Vatican excommunicates bishops of breakaway group, casting spotlight on Kansas town
A small northeast Kansas town is in the spotlight after the Vatican declared last week that it was excommunicating six Society of St. Pius X bishops, a day after four were consecrated without the pope’s approval. St. Marys, a town…
As a practice, it was in Latin the solemn Mass dedicated to S the Peter and S the Paul celebrated in the Basilica of S the Peter, in the Vatican, on the last day 29. Three days later, Pope Le the ex-communaria led them to the ultra-conservative group Priestly Fraternity S the Pius X, which has among its flags just celebrating it in the old language. Read more (07/08/2026
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