VCU: Catholic Church Faces Flare-up This Week Between Traditionalists and the Pope
July 02, 2026
July 02, 2026
RICHMOND, Virginia, July 2 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following Q&A on July 1, 2026, involving R. Andrew Chesnut, professor and chair in Catholic studies:
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Catholic Church faces flare-up this week between traditionalists and the pope
VCU expert R. Andrew Chesnut offers insight into the Society of St. Pius X and the challenge to papal authority.
By Sian Wilkerson
An ongoing dispute within the Catholic Ch . . .
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Catholic Church faces flare-up this week between traditionalists and the pope
VCU expert R. Andrew Chesnut offers insight into the Society of St. Pius X and the challenge to papal authority.
By Sian Wilkerson
An ongoing dispute within the Catholic Ch . . .