Doctrinal office tells traditionalist group that consecrating bishops without papal mandate would mean a “decisive rupture” of communion.

This week in the Vatican, relations with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) took a serious turn,

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

From gestures of peace ahead of the Winter Games to historic appointments and emerging tensions, this week’s Vaticano

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