The Vatican has excommunicated followers of a conservative Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a day after it consecrated four new bish…

The Vatican excommunicated the Society of St. Pius X for consecrating bishops without papal approval. This action ends decades of diplomatic engagement and enf…

The Vatican has excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X, while warning that any lay believers who "formally adhere" to the b…

The declaration came just one day after the group illicitly consecrated four bishops in defiance of warnings from Vatican officials and the pope himself.

The Vatican says priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo XIV’s approval are in s…

The Vatican on Thursday imposed some of the highest penalties available under the Catholic Church 's canon law on a breakaway group that consecrated four bisho…

Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber wearing their miters and holding their pa…

(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the traditionalist group Society of St. Pius X ordaining bishops, the devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela an…

In a candid conversation with Crux Now, Jesu spoke of a Church called to listen before she speaks, to remain present before she acts.

ECONE, Switzerland (AP) — A group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismi…

Thousands of people have gathered in a tiny village in Switzerland to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops, in defiance of an appeal by Pope Leo…