Fears of Catholic schism as defiant sect ordains ultra-conservative bishops
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome from World news | The Guardian on (#76PH8)
Consecrations by Society of Saint Pius X bring automatic excommunication for bishops - and crisis for Pope Leo
A rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics has defied Pope Leo by ordaining bishops without his consent, which they declared a sacred duty" despite it causing their automatic excommunication.
In a ritual-filled ceremony on Wednesday, streamed live from the Swiss village of Econe, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) went ahead with the consecrations of four bishops, one from Switzerland, one from France and two from the US.
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