SSPX excommunication hasn't stopped Boston church from defying the Vatican

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Earlier this month, the Vatican declared SSPX priests to be schismatic and warned the faithful to stop attending their Masses. Some parishioners at St. Catherine of Siena expressed defiance, and the church itself is sending a similar message.

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