Vatican excommunicates followers of global Catholic sect

The vatican story

Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected

Why this counts

What makes this worth tracking, according to BBC, is the chain of decisions it may trigger.

What precedes this

BBC notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around vatican.

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The lens

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of vatican, excommunicates, followers, global, catholic: Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected.