Thousands of US Catholics Given Excommunication Warning After Schism Ruling ^4.5%

Newsweek - By Jordan King, Toby Meyjes - 7/2/2026, 8:00 AM

Framing Effect 15.4% - Appeal to Authority 9.2% - Appeal to Emotion 8.7%

Thousands of Catholics in the United States who belong to or formally support the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) have been warned they could face excommunication after the Vatican ruled the breakaway traditionalist group's latest episcopal consecrations constituted "an act of nature schismatic." In a decree issued on Thursday, the... more