¿Qué son el cisma y la excomunión en la Iglesia Católica?

[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 María Viganò is also undergoing a Vatican extrajudicial process for schism. Just what are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? An explanation follows.SchismAccording to the Catholic Encyclopedia, schism is “the rupture of ecclesiastical…