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A picture taken on June 19, 2024 shows a 'private property' sign at the entrance of the Convent of the Poor Clares of Santa Clara de Belorado, near Burgos in northern Spain. In northern Spain, Poor Clare Sisters who had rebelled against the Vatican strain the Church, which threatens to excommunicate them.
In the letter, signed by the convent’s Mother Superior, Sister Isabel de la Trinidad, the nuns said they had broken away because they were being “persecuted” by the church hierarchy over the property dispute. The nuns announced they were now under the jurisdiction of excommunicated priest Pablo de Rojas Sanchez-Franco, who is known for his ultraconservative views.He heads the Devout Union of the Apostle Saint Paul, a religious group regarded as a sect by the Catholic Church and presents himself as a bishop, appearing in public in episcopal robes.
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