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…

ECONE, Switzerland (AP) — A group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismi…

Thousands of people have gathered in a tiny village in Switzerland to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops, in defiance of an appeal by Pope Leo…

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…

World Catholic leader Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday appealed to a group of ultra-traditionalist Catholics not to go ahead with its planned consecration of bishops on…

The pope may have been indicating – again and ever-so-subtly – his intention to take control of 'synodality' away from the Synod of Bishops' General Secretaria…

Nigerian Catholic bishops demanded the immediate return of 287 kidnapped students and teachers from Kaduna state, highlighting a surge in school abductions und…

Traditionalist Catholics defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating bishops in Switzerland, rejecting Vatican II reforms like Mass in local languages, and selling bra…

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) will consecrate four bishops without papal consent, openly challenging Vatican authority, as the group rejects modern reforms …