The SSPX has formally asked the Vatican to overturn the decree that declared the group in schism.

Pope Leo XIV excommunicates Society of St. Pius X bishops after unauthorized consecrations, declaring the traditionalist Catholic movement in schism.

A senior figure from an SSPX church in North Carolina says the pope's excommunications will strengthen the traditionalist ...

Excommunication is not simply a relic of medieval Christianity — it remains an important instrument through which the ...

The Vatican has gone above and beyond the minimum sanctions to respond to an ultratraditionalist society that consecrated four bishops without the pope’s consent. In a decree Thursday, the Vatican's ...

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.

The society filed its appeal with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on July 11, arguing that under canon law the ...

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

The Vatican declares ‘schism’ in Catholic Church after bishops were ordained without Pope Leo XIV’s approval.

Pope Leo XIV spent what is traditionally his weekly day off on Tuesday issuing a flurry of legislation and appointments June 30.

Peter Thiel speaking with attendees at the 2022 Converge Tech Summit at The Waste Management Phoenix Open at the Skybar at TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Peter ...