{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"News from EWTN Norway","title":"What are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/77a3a391\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":182,"description":"What are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church?\n\n\nBy Walter Sánchez Silva\n \nRecently a community of Poor Clare nuns in Spain announced their decision to leave the Catholic Church, thus committing the canonical crime of schism and incurring excommunication. Italian Archbishop Carlo María Viganò is also undergoing a Vatican extrajudicial process for schism. \nJust what are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? An explanation follows.\nPhoto  credit:\nCredit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LnfHlqc795vsiJtROdA1682qZL4lcGYRFoVUlk5TYTA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYjU2/NWE4ZmY2OTg0NTE5/ZGQ3MTAxMzgwZjAx/MTQzNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}