A future pope will ‘welcome us back’, says priest from excommunicated Catholic sect

A priest from a Catholic splinter sect that was excommunicated earlier this week told worshippers on Sunday that the breakaway group would be welcomed back to the Church under a different pope.

The Society of St. Pius X – a rebel group of ultra-conservative Catholics – was excommunicated after four bishops were ordained without Pope Leo’s approval on Wednesday. The group has been unrepentant over the schism with Rome, saying Leo had failed to hear their ‌concerns....