Excommunication is the Vatican's most serious penalty, which bars a person from fully participating in the life of the Church until they are reconciled with it.

The Vatican declares ‘schism’ in Catholic Church after bishops were ordained without Pope Leo XIV’s approval.

Pope Leo XIV excommunicates Society of St. Pius X bishops after unauthorized consecrations, declaring the traditionalist Catholic movement in schism.

One of the most sweeping excommunications in worldwide Catholic history is concentrated in the small, northeast Kansas town ...

The Society of St. Pius X was excommunicated by Pope Leo for ordaining bishops without his permission. Its issues with the ...

Catholic Church leaders are warning followers to stay away from a group of Catholic churches whose leaders were ...

The newly excommunicated Society of St. Pius X has established an outpost of traditionalism on the Kansas prairie.

The society filed its appeal with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on July 11, arguing that under canon law the ...

The decision by Pope Leo XIV to excommunicate members of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) is the latest twist in a long-running saga between the Vatican and this contentious traditionalist group. It ...

The Vatican says bishops from the ultra-conservative Catholic SSPX society were automatically excommunicated after ignoring Pope Leo's plea for unity.

In Catholic schism, north country faithful asked to avoid Society of St. Pius X’s local church, schools The pope of the Catholic Church in Rome has declared an ultratraditionalist Catholic society ...