Vatican excommunicates SSPX bishops for unauthorized consecrations, warns followers of same penalty
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Darío Brooks
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The Vatican has excommunicated several bishops from the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), a traditionalist Catholic fraternity based in Switzerland, for consecrating bishops without papal approval — an act deemed schismatic by the Church. The decree also warns that Catholic faithful who formally participate in the SSPX face automatic excommunication. The move underscores ongoing tensions between the Vatican and traditionalist groups that reject certain reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
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· 3 pulledEl Vaticano anunció este jueves la excomunión de varios jerarcas de una fraternidad católica de Suiza que participaron en un 'acto de naturaleza cismática' en la consagración de obispos sin consentimiento del papa León XIV.
El decreto también declara la excomunión ipso facto de los fieles católicos que participen 'formalmente' en la Fraternidad Sacerdotal San Pío X (FSSPX), un grupo ultraconservador que rechaza las reformas del Concilio Vaticano II.
Los sacerdotes Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade y Pascal Schreiber fueron excomulgados tras ser consagrados obispos sin autorización papal.
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