What is the Society of St Pius X, and what caused its schism with the Vatican? | ABC NEWS

The Vatican has excommunicated priests and lay Catholics in a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval.
Religion Editor Noel Debien explains the practice of the SSPX and how it found itself in a schism with the Vatican.
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