Religion

Members of rebel Catholic group in schism, excommunicated: Vatican

The Vatican on July 2 said the two bishops who led the unauthorised ordination had been excommunicated, along with the four priests who had become new bishops.

Rebel Catholic group’s forbidden ordinations caused ‘schism’, Vatican cardinal says

Priests receive blessings from newly ordained priests, after an ordination ceremony of the traditionalist Catholic Society of St Pius X, in Econe, near Sion, western Switzerland, on June 29. Defying Vatican, Society of St Pius X ordained its own bishops on July 1, 2026.

Papal envoy presides over first Vietnam beatification rite

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (centre) attending the beatification mass for Vietnamese Catholic priest Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep in Vietnam on July 2.

Breakaway Catholic society defies Vatican again by ordaining bishops

The Society of Saint Pius X intends to appoint two French, one American and one Swiss as bishops.

Sadness and joy as breakaway Catholic group nears schism

Defying the Vatican, the traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X will ordain its own bishops on July 1, despite the risk of being considered schismatic.

Pope Leo appeals to Catholic traditionalists to avoid schism

Pope Leo XIV leading a mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Rome’s patron saints, at St Peter’s basilica in the Vatican on June 29.

More S’pore residents have no religion in 2025 than in 2020

The number of people with no religious affiliation grew from 20 per cent in 2020 to 23.9 per cent in 2025.

Pakistani news channel apologises after ban over documentary

Employees working at the newsroom of Geo News television channel in Karachi, Pakistan.

Texas state school board approves mandated reading list including Bible passages

The Republican-dominated board approved the reading lists for over 5 million public school students beginning in 2030.

Pope begins cardinals’ gathering with anti-war message

Pope Leo XIV is hosting a closed-door assembly of cardinals from around the world at the Vatican.

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