Catholic Church split

Title

Catholic Church split

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 Jun 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:55

Description

Cardinal Basil Hume, head of the Catholic Church in England, talks to Lawrence Spicer about the split in the Catholic Church following rebel Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in Switzerland consecrating four bishops without the sanction of the Vatican. Lefebvre and his bishops have been excommunicated by the Pope.

Contributors

Basil Hume; Lawrence Spicer

Keywords

Popes; Religion; UK; Archbishops; Roman Catholicism; Clergy; Roman Catholics; Europe; Switzerland; Catholicism; Catholics; Consecration; Excommunication; Marcel Lefebvre

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