Vatican Excommunicates Lefebvrists — What It Means for Braun and the Faithful

Pope Leo XIV has excommunicated the Society of Saint Pius X and declared Lefebvrists a schismatic movement. As a result, Grzegorz Braun and thousands of the movement's followers are formally outside the Catholic Church. Fr. Prof. Andrzej Kobyliński warns the decision intensifies a broader conflict between the conservative and liberal wings of Catholicism worldwide.