Vatican expels members of rebel Catholic group over unapproved ordination

According to Al Jazeera, the Vatican has expelled members of a breakaway Catholic group for ordaining bishops without papal approval. Church leadership stresses that only the Pope can authorize such consecrations — a practice grounded in apostolic succession, the theological continuity linking modern bishops directly to Jesus's original apostles. The move reflects Rome's strict enforcement of institutional hierarchy.

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