{"id":5554,"date":"2024-06-26T08:16:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/what-are-schism-and-excommunication-in-the-catholic-church\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T08:16:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:16:59","slug":"what-are-schism-and-excommunication-in-the-catholic-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/what-are-schism-and-excommunication-in-the-catholic-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Was sind Schisma und Exkommunikation in der katholischen Kirche?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Source null \/ Credit: Daniel Ibanez\/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 25, 2024 \/ 16:15 pm (CNA). Recently a community of Poor Clare nuns in Spain announced their decision to leave the Catholic Church, thus committing the canonical crime of schism and incurring excommunication. Italian Archbishop Carlo Mar\u00c3\u00ada Vigan\u00c3\u00b2 is also undergoing a Vatican extrajudicial process for schism.&nbsp;Just what are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? An explanation follows.SchismAccording to the Catholic Encyclopedia, schism is &quot;the rupture of ecclesiastical\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Source null \/ Credit: Daniel Ibanez\/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 25, 2024 \/ 16:15 pm (CNA). Recently a community of Poor Clare nuns in Spain announced their decision to leave the Catholic Church, thus committing the canonical crime of schism and incurring excommunication. Italian Archbishop Carlo Mar\u00c3\u00ada Vigan\u00c3\u00b2 is also undergoing a Vatican extrajudicial process for schism.&nbsp;Just what are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? An explanation follows.SchismAccording to the Catholic Encyclopedia, schism is &quot;the rupture of ecclesiastical\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59563,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/spanish-court-rules-in-favor-of-church-in-eviction-lawsuit-against-schismatic-nuns\/","url_meta":{"origin":5554,"position":0},"title":"Spanish court rules in favor of Church in eviction lawsuit against schismatic nuns","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"September 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Entrance to St. Clare\u2019s Monastery in Belorado, Burgos, Spain. \/ Credit: Nicol\u00e1s de C\u00e1rdenas\/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 5, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). A Spanish court has ruled in favor of the Catholic Church in the eviction lawsuit against the former Poor Clare nuns of Belorado, ordering them to leave the monastery they are illegally occupying. \u201cThe ruling upholds in its entirety the eviction lawsuit filed on Sept. 16, 2024, by the pontifical commissioner as major superior, administrator,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Spanish court rules in favor of Church in eviction lawsuit against schismatic nuns","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Spanish-court-rules-in-favor-of-Church-in-eviction-lawsuit-against-schismatic-nuns.webp?fit=800%2C528&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Spanish-court-rules-in-favor-of-Church-in-eviction-lawsuit-against-schismatic-nuns.webp?fit=800%2C528&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Spanish-court-rules-in-favor-of-Church-in-eviction-lawsuit-against-schismatic-nuns.webp?fit=800%2C528&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Spanish-court-rules-in-favor-of-Church-in-eviction-lawsuit-against-schismatic-nuns.webp?fit=800%2C528&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56086,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/leo-xiv-withdraws-papal-delegate-after-agreement-avoids-schism-in-syro-malabar-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":5554,"position":1},"title":"Leo XIV withdraws papal delegate after agreement avoids schism in Syro-Malabar Church","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"August 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Built in 1578, Mar Hormizd Cathedral is the Syro-Malabar cathedral church in Angamaly, India. \/ Credit: St. Hormizd&#039;s Cathedral, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Jul 10, 2025 \/ 14:30 pm (CNA). 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The Transalpine Redemptorists, or the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, livestreamed the counterfeit ceremony from their monastery on Papa Stronsay, an island that forms part of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. 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