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The bishops who stayed and those who fled had excommunicated each other.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023

Jesuit headquarters also said the same Vatican department had excommunicated Rupnik several years ago but lifted the excommunication after the priest had repented.

From Reuters • Jan. 7, 2023

The pope was specifically reaching out to the Society of Saint Pius X, the ultraconservative group that John Paul had excommunicated in 1988.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022

In 1809, French troops arrested Pope Pius VII, who had excommunicated Emperor Napoleon I; the pope was confined for about five years.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2011

Uncle Peter was an unwavering adherent to the Church of England, but he would have felt himself a dissenter at once if he had excommunicated any one by withdrawing his sympathies from him.

From Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 by MacDonald, George