The Vatican says bishops from the ultra-conservative Catholic SSPX society were automatically excommunicated after ignoring ...

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

The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a breakaway Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in ...

Catholic rebels are set to defy Pope Leo XIV by proceeding with bishop consecrations that could trigger excommunication.

When a priest of the Catholic Church is being consecrated as a bishop, the prelate elevating him is required to ask for the ...

The Society of St. Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic group, consecrated four bishops in a ceremony Wednesday without the ...

An impending clash between Pope Leo and ultratraditionalist Catholics threatens to end the pontiff’s honeymoon.

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday issued a plea to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its plan to consecrate new bishops without his consent, describing the move as a schismatic act and a ...

The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X went ahead with the ceremony, even after the Vatican warned it would result in the ...

(RNS) — Chapter 2 of the encyclical might be called the official ‘Cliff Notes’ version of Catholic social teaching.