An order of Catholic monks in Orkney has consecrated a bishop without the blessing of the Pope.
The diocese of Aberdeen has warned the monks they are breaking the unity of the Church. The Order is already being investigated by the Vatican.
The Sons of the Holy Redeemer own the island of Papa Stronsay which is home to their Golgotha monastery.
The order's superior, Father Michael Mary, was consecrated as a bishop in a four-hour long ceremony which was streamed online on Saturday.
The monks are a Transalpine Redemptorist community of Catholic traditionalists who deny the legitimacy of Pope Leo XIV and his predecessors for the last 60 years.
The order is part of the diocese of Aberdeen, which has already condemned the consecration as an "act of schism".
In a pastoral letter to all parishes in the diocese, the Bishop of Aberdeen, the Rt Rev Hugh Gilbert, described the event as "spiritual suicide" for those who take part.
Schism! Schism! Schism! Schism!
Apparently they've been heretics for 60 years already
good ol Vatican 2
I just want an antipope so fucking bad
None of the splinter groups are cool enough to even try it
Then put the pope and the antipope into a collider.
I want the Maga antipope: Trump gets mad at Leo and calls for a conclave to be held at Mar-A-Lago. The conclave elects an insane lead-poisoned boomer to be pope in Orlando. The new antipope makes Trump the first person to become a saint before his death.
The combo of Trump and JD being in power might be our best shot at the antipope. JD wants to be a tradcath without a woke pope (as if such a thing can exist) & trump loves awards and titles. Some fringe Catholic psychos have a chance to convince them to support a Church of England style split