Nomads of the Eurasian steppe were ruled by elite dynastic families, including women, a large-scale genetic analysis reveals.

The Devo co-founder says that Donald Trump represents a society so devolved that it stuns even him. "What has happened here far surpasses our worst prognostica…

The US is divided by fundamentally different visions of America, driven by factors like rising inequality, polarized media, and social issues. This division ha…

The bishops from Society of St. Pius X were among those excommunicated by the Catholic Church on Thursday.

The Vatican has excommunicated followers of a conservative Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a day after it consecrated four new bish…

The Vatican excommunicated the Society of St. Pius X for consecrating bishops without papal approval. This action ends decades of diplomatic engagement and enf…

The Vatican has excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X, while warning that any lay believers who "formally adhere" to the b…

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

(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the traditionalist group Society of St. Pius X ordaining bishops, the devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela an…

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…

In his letter to the head of the canonically irregular society, Pope Leo XIV described the SSPX's plans to consecrate new bishops in defiance of his commands t…