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Pope Leo declared the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicated all its bishops, invalidating the group's sacraments.
Pope Leo declared the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicated all its bishops, invalidating the group's sacraments. This is a formal break—the Vatican is saying that SSPX members are no longer in full communion with the Catholic Church and that sacraments performed by SSPX priests don't count as valid Catholic sacraments.
The move formalizes a split that had been simmering for decades. SSPX is ultra-conservative and has rejected Vatican II reforms. By excommunicating the entire group, the Vatican is drawing a clear line about which traditions and practices it will tolerate within Catholicism. This is one of the harshest ecclesiastical penalties available.
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