Almighty row deepens as Spanish nuns are excommunicated for rebelling against Vatican

The nuns have said they don't recognise the authority of Pope Francis. Photo: Reuters

James Badcock
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Spain’s Catholic Church has excommunicated a group of 10 nuns after they refused to renounce their allegiance to a rebel former priest.

The sisters, who live in a 15th-century convent in Belorado on the St James Way pilgrimage route near the northern town of Burgos, said last month they no longer recognised rule by the Vatican and claimed they were being “persecuted” over a real estate deal.