When the 8:21 a.m. train left Rome's Termini Station to Castel Gandolfo July 12, people were packed in like sardines, off to ...

Four new bishops were ordained during a ceremony in Econe, Switzerland The Vatican has excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X and said any lay believers who ...

The move against the Society of St. Pius X followed its defiance of Pope Leo XIV by consecrating new bishops against his wishes. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo attended the consecration ...

Schism caused by Society of Saint Pius X ordaining four bishops without consent presents first crisis for Pope Leo Europe live – latest updates The Vatican has excommunicated a rebel group of ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism, ...

ROME — The Vatican on Thursday said it had excommunicated top clerics in an archconservative Catholic sect as well as any parishioners who remain loyal to the group that claims hundreds of thousands ...

The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicating its bishops ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Society of St. Pius X, which opposes ...

The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X went ahead with the ceremony, even after the Vatican warned it would result in the bishops’ excommunication. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Écône, ...

Those planters bursting with flowers signal the care and attention waiting inside for your seafood feast. Photo credit: Joseph Christman (Joe F’n C) The vibrant yellow and green exterior makes this ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Fr. Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, are pictured in a ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Swiss guards talk in a Vatican corridor prior to a ...