Pope appeals to SSPX to halt unapproved bishop ordinations to avert schism
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Pope Leo appealed to the Society of Saint Pius X to cancel its plan to ordain four bishops without Vatican approval, warning that such a move would be a schismatic act and could lead to excommunication; the SSPX defended its course as pastorally necessary, while the pope pressed for unity and highlighted the gravity of breaking canonical norms, a history-tinged standoff that echoes past excommunications later addressed by Benedict XVI.
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