Ultraconservative Catholic society defies Vatican by consecrating new bishops
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en]
At a ceremony in a Swiss village on Wednesday, thousands of worshipers witnessed the last two remaining bishops of the fundamentalist Society of Saint Pius X consecrate four new ones – in direct defiance of Pope Leo XIV. By ignoring the pontiff's pleas to turn back from this 'schismatic act,' all six bishops are de facto excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
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