In a stunning move, Pope Leo XIV and the Vatican have excommunicated the bishops of a conservative Catholic splinter group known as the SSPX, and warned those who attend Mass at the organization’s churches that sticking with the movement could also put them outside of the Roman Catholic Church, meaning they are officially in schism.
The decree came after the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four new bishops in Econe, Switzerland, without having the approval of the papacy and against the direct appeal of Pope Leo XIV. The Vatican stated that the SSPX’s six bishops were officially excommunicated after the consecrations took place. The move by the Vatican is an escalation in a long-standing rift between Rome and one of the world’s most defiant traditionalist movements.
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