MADRID — A community of nuns in a 15th-century convent in northern Spain has split from the Roman Catholic Church because of a property dispute and doctrinal wrangling that has seen them join up with a renegade priest.
The Church has threatened to excommunicate the 16 nuns who live in Belorado, a town of 1,800 people on the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail, near the city of Burgos.The rebel nuns, from the Order of St. Clare, announced their split from the Church in a letter published on social media on May 13, along with a 70-page 'manifesto.
Burgos Archbishop Mario Iceta, who excommunicated Sanchez-Franco in 2019, has expressed 'perplexity' over the nuns' breakaway.'It is very painful to hear the Mother Superior say that the Pope is a usurper,' he said.He has called for dialogue to settle the dispute. But this month, the archbishop sent representatives, accompanied by a bailiff, to the convent to demand that the nuns turn over the keys to the convent. They were rebuffed.
Spanish Nuns Declare Schism With Vatican
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