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The group, known as SSPX, claims hundreds of thousands of followers and opposes many of the modernizing changes the Catholic Church adopted in the 1960s, including the end of the Latin Mass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

It added, however, that those who left the group and wished to return to the Roman Catholic Church would be welcomed back "with sincere affection".

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Vietnam has had 117 people beatified and later canonised as saints, but the Church said this was the first time a beatification ceremony had been held in the country rather than at the Vatican.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

Although Pope Benedict XVI repealed the excommunication in 2009 in an unsuccessful attempt to heal the rift, Pope Leo is also expected to exclude the new bishops from the Catholic Church.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

As the papacy lost its hold on its flock, the Catholic Church tried to reject zero and the void more strongly than ever, yet zero had already taken root.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife