Vatican excommunicates members of right-wing breakaway group SSPX

According to the Vatican, the church has excommunicated priests and lay Catholics in the SSPX, a traditionalist breakaway Catholic group, after members ordained bishops without papal approval. The excommunications target those involved in the unauthorized ordinations. The SSPX has long been at odds with Rome over church doctrine and practice.

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