The traditionalist group has been declared in schism with the Catholic Church after an illicit “ordination” of bishops.

Just what are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? Here’s an explanation. Recently a community of Poor Clare

Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring

The SSPX named four priests to be consecrated as bishops without papal permission — despite a warning from

As one of the leading experts on Lefebvrism sees it, reconciliation is impossible as long as the Society

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said Pope Leo XIV is praying for the leaders of the Society of St.

Canon law prescribes the penalty of automatic excommunication for those who participate in episcopal consecrations unauthorized by Rome.

The SSPX refused to postpone the July 1 consecrations as a condition of doctrinal talks. Canon law foresees

Planned consecrations could trigger automatic excommunication and deepen rupture with Rome. The Vatican will receive representatives of the

The plan threatens to harden a decades-old split between the traditionalist group and the Vatican. The Priestly Society

The Vatican’s doctrine office announced Monday that a panel of five judges has been nominated to decide the

Synod on Synodality official: Women priests ‘not an open question’ for the Church The highest-ranking woman in the

The Jesuit Superior General, Father Arturo Sosa, has confirmed that Jesuit artist Father Marko Rupnik incurred an automatic