The SSPX refused to postpone the July 1 consecrations as a condition of doctrinal talks. Canon law foresees automatic excommunication for bishops involved in unauthorized episcopal consecrations.

A stone statue of Bishop Kim Seong-su (96) of the Anglican Church of Korea was consecrated on the 22nd (local time) at the ...

As a result, the consecration of bishops without papal consent is considered a grave threat to church unity and a cause of schism, since bishops can ordain new priests. Under church law, a ...

Children, families and the faithful everywhere are invited to follow Manchester Bishop Peter Libasci in a 33-day journey inspired by the Little Flower. Bishop Peter Libasci of Manchester, New ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics: A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass announced plans to consecrate new bishops ...

The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said it would proceed with the consecration of new bishops this summer, a move without a papal mandate that could lead to an automatic excommunication. In a ...

Archbishop Prof. Williams Osazee, has emphasised the need for reconciliation and a blameless life modeled after Jesus Christ. Speaking at the consecration and enthronement of bishops, Osazee exhorted ...

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With fanfare, celebration and ceremony, the Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, the presiding bishop of the United States Episcopal Church, will be consecrating Montana's ninth bishop this weekend in Helena.

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to religious tolerance and freedom of worship, describing the church as a vital pillar of Liberia's national development ...