An ultra-traditionalist Catholic group has consecrated bishops without papal consent, risking a schism with the church in Rome. Pope Leo had begged the breakaway Society of Saint Pius X to reconsider its plan.
A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), on Wednesday defied Pope Leo XIV in consecrating four bishops without his sanction.
Midway through the mass in the Swiss Alps, Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta placed his h... [2870 chars]