Schism, Excommunication and the Catholic Church

Schism has been in the news lately: Recent headlines include the former nuncio to the United States Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò having been summoned to Rome to answer formal charges of schism; and a community of Poor Clare nuns in Belorado, Spain, who have been declared excommunicated by their local bishop because they have “incurred schism.” 

But what is schism?

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