The declaration came just one day after the group illicitly consecrated four bishops in defiance of warnings from Vatican officials and the pope himself.

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The Vatican says priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo XIV’s approval are in s…

The Vatican on Thursday imposed some of the highest penalties available under the Catholic Church 's canon law on a breakaway group that consecrated four bisho…

Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber wearing their miters and holding their pa…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV is urging the Society of St. Pius X to abandon plans to consecrate new bishops without papal approval, a move the Vatican war…

Pope Leo XIV has issued two significant reform laws, the Vatican announced on Tuesday.

ROME (AP) — In churches around the world, Masses on the June 29 feast day often include a special collection for Peter’s Pence, a fund which both underwrites t…

The Chinese regime keeps repeating the line that Catholics must abandon underground congregations.

The Indian subcontinent, home to more than 1 billion people, has produced some of the great philosophers, mystics, and spiritual traditions in the great human …

Pope Leo XIV’s second consistory focused on closed-door governance reviews to centralize power and reduce corruption, avoiding public announcements by design. …