Vatican Excommunicates Rebel Group
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The Vatican has excommunicated members of a rebel Catholic group for ordaining bishops without papal approval, citing their rejection of Second Vatican Council teachings. Separately, a Vatican envoy met with Nigeria's president, hinting at a potential papal visit.
Vatican excommunicates members of rebel Catholic group
The Vatican has declared priests and lay Catholics belonging to a breakaway right-wing Catholic group excommunicated, stating they are in schism with the wider Church. The group, the Society of St Pius X, ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval. In a strong decree, the Church's top watchdog authority warned Catholics globally that the Swiss-based group now celebrates sacraments illicitly. The…
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