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Viganò's excommunication for schism
How former U.S. nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò went from his 2018 McCarrick 'testimony' to a July 2024 Vatican declaration that he had incurred excommunication for schism.
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News we are following as it develops. Each story has the latest briefs and analyses, the background, and a running timeline with sources.
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The SSPX episcopal consecrations of 2026
On 1 July 2026 the SSPX consecrated four bishops at Écône without a papal mandate, despite Pope Leo XIV's plea. The Vatican declared the six bishops involved excommunicated; the society rejects the penalties and has filed a recourse.
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Leo XIV and the Latin Mass
What Pope Leo XIV has said and done about the pre-1970 Mass since May 2025: case-by-case permissions, a March 2026 audience with Latin Mass researchers, a letter on liturgy and Cardinal Roche's July 2026 statement that Traditionis custodes stays.
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Bishop Strickland's removal
In November 2023 Pope Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, after an apostolic visitation and his refusal to resign. Strickland remains a prominent voice in conservative and traditionalist Catholic media.
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The Paris–Chartres pilgrimage
The traditional-rite Pentecost walk from Paris to Chartres has grown from about 16,000 people in 2023 to about 20,000 in 2026, under scrutiny from Rome and French bishops applying Traditionis custodes.
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Young Catholics and the Latin Mass
Reports that the traditional Latin Mass draws young congregations rest mainly on U.S. research by sociologists Stephen Cranney and Stephen Bullivant, whose Oxford University Press book is due in late 2026.
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The 2020 bishops' survey and Traditionis custodes (2025 reporting)
In July 2025 Diane Montagna published excerpts of the CDF's report on its 2020 survey of bishops, arguing it undercut the case for Traditionis custodes; the Vatican called the material 'very partial and incomplete'.
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Church Militant closure (2023–2024)
How the Michigan-based outlet Church Militant ended: its founder resigned in November 2023 over a morality-clause breach, and in 2024 its parent settled a priest's defamation suit for $500,000 and agreed to close.
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Traditionalist Catholicism in 2025–2026: the year so far
A dated, sourced roundup of developments for traditionalist Catholics from autumn 2025 to October 2026: Leo XIV's approach to the Latin Mass, the SSPX's July 2026 consecrations and the Vatican's schism decree, media reactions, and what to watch.
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