What is the Society of St Pius X? Why Pope Leo excommunicated its bishops

The Vatican has declared an official schism in the Catholic Church. According to Al Jazeera, bishops of the Society of Saint Pius the Tenth were ordained without the approval of Pope Leo the Fourteenth, leading to their excommunication. The society, known for rejecting modern Church reforms, now stands formally split from Rome over the unauthorized ordinations.

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