Vatican declares SSPX bishops, priests schismatic, places lay faithful at risk of excommunication

<p>As hundreds of lace-laden priests processed into an ornate Mass July 2 on a hillside in the Swiss Alps, the presiding bishops, concelebrants and 6,000 lay faithful bowed in prayer around them had just been declared members of a schismatic group no longer in communion with the Catholic Church.</p><p>Less than 24 hours after the ultraconservative Society of St.

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