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SSPX Bishops Consecrated Without Vatican Approval | Topeka News
Four new bishops were consecrated by the Society of Saint Pius X on July 1, triggering automatic excommunication as warned by Pope Leo XIV — who had begged them to halt the act just two days prior, stressing the spiritual harm to faithful who rely on sacraments. The move, announced in February by SSPX leader Father Davide Pagliarani amid concerns over aging bishops, threatens the largest SSPX church in the world — the $42 million Immaculata in St. Marys, Kansas, which seats 1,500. Though the group was once excommunicated in 1988 after Archbishop Lefebvre’s defiance, Pope Benedict XVI lifted…
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