A community of Poor Clare sisters in Belorado, northern Spain, have appeared in court to resist eviction by the Church after their excommunication in a dispute over union with Rome and property rights.
The matter began in mid-May 2024, when the community of 16 declared their separation from the post-Vatican II Catholic Church and their allegiance to sedevacantist Bishop Pablo de Rojas Sánchez-Franco. Their superior, Sister Isabel de la Trinidad, released a five-page open letter on 13 May along with an extensive 70-page “Catholic Manifesto”.
