Vatican cracks down on a traditionalist group by excommunicating its bishops

[harumph]

22. Oh, I see where you're coming from.

"...wherein a handful out of thousands of priests is treated as an existential threat to catholic power. "

Mere "handfuls" of people can be a problem.

A "handful" of Supreme Court justices can be an existential threat to democracy.

I'm more of the mind to excommunicate termites (pun intended) when I find them, instead of waiting for my house to be eaten. But that's just me.

Cry-babies can now set up their own church in a backyard shed for all I care.