The Vatican has excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X. This action follows the group's consecration of four new bishops without the Pope's consent, an act the Vatican has deemed schismatic and an act of insubordination. The excommunication also extends to any lay believers who formally adhere to the group. AI
RANK_REASON Regulatory action by a major religious institution concerning a schismatic group. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]
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