Society of St. Pius X's leader told Pope Leo members want to remain in the Church but won't abandon its fundamentalist principles.

Traditionalist Catholic Group Defies Vatican With Plan To Ordain Bishops Despite Excommunication Warning ...

Vatican discipline chief warns Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (SSPX) against ordaining bishops without Pope Leo's approval.

Following the passage of the Reproductive Health Act in New York state, many Catholics have asked, “How can a Catholic lawmaker call him or herself a member of the Body of Christ and remove from law ...

VATICAN CITY, May 13 (Reuters) - The Vatican ⁠on ⁠Wednesday urged a breakaway Catholic group ⁠dedicated to the old Latin mass to cancel plans to ordain ​new bishops without consent from Pope Leo, ...

VATICAN CITY – A Roman Catholic priest faces excommunication for attending a ceremony to ordain a woman in the United States, a Vatican official said Friday. The Rev. Roy Bourgeois joined a June ...

Why excommunicate people? Is this not a strange holdover from the medieval Church? Excommunication is a punitive device on the part of the Church and is more than merely denying holy Communion. It ...

Many people believe that excommunication is the Catholic Church's equivalent of capital punishment — the worst punishment that the church can impose on a believer. Some even see it as the earthly ...

Archbishop Georgios on Friday defended the synod’s handling of former Paphos bishop Tychikos and warned that further disciplinary action, including excommunication, could be imposed on defrocked monks ...

A neatly framed announcement hanging above a bookcase in my study warns that anyone who takes or damages one of my books is subject to excommunication reserved to the Holy See. I purchased it in a ...