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- DIED. Marcel Lefebvre, 85, rebel Roman Catholic archbishop; in
- Martigny, Switzerland. A staunch opponent of the modernizations
- advocated by the Second Vatican Council, Lefebvre was
- excommunicated in 1988 by Pope John Paul II for consecrating
- four "traditionalist" bishops without papal approval, creating
- the first major schism from the church in more than a century.
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