A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group has rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks. The position of the Society of St. Pius ...

Most enthusiasts view the traditional Mass as a deep source of spiritual community, fully compatible with modern Catholic renewal.

The head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said he proposed a path for dialogue and full communion to the leader of SSPX at a meeting on Thursday.

The Vatican warned a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group on Thursday that it risked going into schism if it goes ahead with plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent, ...

PARIS — A Catholic community wedded to tradition is preparing to defy Pope Leo XIV by ordaining new bishops without his approval, raising the specter of a new schism within the Church. It reignites a ...

PARIS: A Catholic community wedded to tradition is preparing to defy Pope Leo XIV by ordaining new bishops without his approval, raising the spectre of a new schism within the Church. It reignites a ...

POPE Leo XIV presides Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of the Presentation of the Lord, on February 2. VATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with ...

The Switzerland-based Society of Saint Pius X plans to ordain bishops without the pope's approval A Catholic community wedded to tradition is preparing to defy Pope Leo XIV by ordaining new bishops ...

In 1988, the group's founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, consecrated four bishops without papal consent, arguing that it was necessary for the survival of the church's tradition. The Vatican promptly ...

Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass, the Society of St. Pius X, has announced plans to consecrate ...