The Vatican issues a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics linked to the celebration of the older Latin Mass, according to multiple reports. The warning states that the group’s planned consecrations of bishops without papal consent are treated as a schismatic act. One outlet reports that the Vatican says such actions incur automatic excommunication under Catholic canon law. The reporting describes the Vatican’s move as a last formal notification before further consequences for the group’s planned actions. The coverage focuses on the issue of authorization: consecrating bishops without approval from the pope is presented as the central point of conflict. The Independent and ABC News both describe the Vatican’s warning in general terms about the breakaway group, while The Washington Times adds specific details about the Vatican’s position that unauthorized consecrations are schismatic and trigger automatic excommunication. Overall, the reports agree that the Vatican is warning the group against proceeding with bishop consecrations planned without papal permission.