The 16 “heretical” nuns of Burgos break with the Vatican

The Burgos schism has begun. The 16 Poor Clare nuns from the towns of Beldorado and Orduña have broken with Rome and instead of hanging their theses on the door of a church, they have opted for a virtual statement to announce their distance from the Vatican. All because the Church denied them the purchase of a monastery in Orduña (Álava). The sisters speak of “persecution” and, in the face of such opprobrium, they have reneged on Pope Francis an…