Crisis looms for Pope Leo as splinter sect seeks to ordain far-right bishops

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The SSPX plans to ordain bishops independently — This could lead to a schism within the Catholic Church.
Tensions between the Vatican and right-wing Catholics are high — Pope Leo might face challenges in maintaining unity among different factions of the church.

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Crisis looms for Pope Leo as splinter sect seeks to ordain far-right bishops

Conflict threatens to worsen mounting tensions between the Vatican and rightwing Catholics in the US and globallyA far-right Catholic sect’s plan to ordain its own bishops on the first day of July has placed it on a collision course with the Vatican – posing a possible crisis for Pope Leo a little...

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