Vatican Warns Rebel Catholic Group Against Ordaining Bishops
The Vatican has issued a stern warning to the traditionalist Catholic group, the Society of Saint Pius X (Lefebvrians), against proceeding with plans to ordain new bishops. The Holy See stated that such actions would constitute a grave offense and could lead to excommunication or schism.
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(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 13 - The Vatican on Wednesday warned the ultra-traditionalist Lefebvrian group against its plan to ordain new bishops without a pontifical mandate in July, saying this would amount to a schismatic act and entail excommunication. The Switzerland-based fraternity, whose official name is the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) and has hundreds of thousands of followers, was founded in 1970 by late French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in opposition to the changes adopted with the Secon...
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