Pope Leo XIV is urging a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group to cancel planned consecrations of new bishops carried out without papal consent. According to multiple outlets, the pope asks the group to back off the initiative and describes the action as a serious breach of church unity. The Washington Times reports that the pope characterizes the planned consecrations as schismatic, calling it a “sin of extreme gravity.” Other reporting from The Independent and ABC News similarly says the pope’s intervention is directed at the group’s plan to ordain bishops independently, rather than under the authority of the Vatican. The coverage does not indicate that the group has agreed to halt its plans, nor does it provide detailed background on how the group differs from mainstream church leadership. The reports consistently frame the pope’s message as a direct appeal to prevent what he views as illicit and divisive episcopal consecrations.