Vatican excommunicates six ultraconservative bishops over ordination

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The Vatican has excommunicated six ultraconservative bishops from the Society of Saint Pius X, a global fundamentalist Catholic group opposing liberal reforms from the 1960s Vatican II Council. This move highlights ongoing tensions within the Catholic Church between traditionalist and reformist factions.

The Society of Saint Pius X, which has around 600,000 followers around the world, comprises fundamentalist Catholics who strongly oppose the liberal reforms imposed by the Vatican II Council in the 1960s