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Breakaway Spanish nuns excommunicated

Poor Clares declare "voluntary separation" from the Church

Luke Coppen
Jun 24, 2024
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A Spanish archdiocese announced Saturday that 10 Poor Clare nuns had incurred excommunication after they declared they had “voluntarily separated” from the Catholic Church.

Archbishop Mario Iceta of Burgos, Spain. Thomas Holbach via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Archdiocese of Burgos said June 22 that a decree of excommunication signed by its Archbishop M…

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