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Brazilian bishop declares excommunication for Catholics who participate in “traditional” Masses

On February 11, the Archdiocese of Maceió announced that the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass according to the Missal of St. Pius V would be permitted exclusively in a single location: the São Vicente de Paulo Chapel, and only once a week. Any celebration of that rite elsewhere — whether in another church, a private venue or even within a civil association — would, the note warned, constitute a “public act of schism” and would entail excommunication latae sententiae