Pontiff warns that defiance by Society of Saint Pius X would be ‘schismatic act’ Pope Leo has made a last-ditch attempt to persuade a rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics to abandon plans to ordain its own bishops without Vatican approval, calling the “schismatic act” a “sin of extreme gra...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/30/pope-leo-conservative-sspx-ordain-bishops-warn)

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