American Catholics are notorious for thinking that the world revolves around them when, in fact, all of the growth from the Church is south of the U.S. border and in Africa.
Still . . .
Some of our favorite readers send us this note given that the local mention that hits home as a right-wing sect might soon part ways with The Church . . . Check-it . . .
"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 gravity”.
"The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), founded in the Swiss village of Ecône in 1970 to oppose liberalising reforms in the Catholic church, plans to ordain four new bishops at its seminary there on Wednesday.
"The order, which has gained a significant following in the US, where it has a large operations base in Kansas, as well as in France, Argentina and other countries, has nearly 1,500 priests, seminarians and other vocational members."
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Pope Leo pleads with ultra-conservative sect not to ordain own bishops
Pontiff warns that defiance by Society of Saint Pius X would be 'schismatic act'
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