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 The Rev. J. Gaston Hebert, Little Rock diocese administrator, speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, in Little Rock, Ark. Hebert announced Wednesday that six Arkansas nuns have been excommunicated from the Catholic Church for heresy. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath) 6 Ark. nuns excommunicated for heresy   By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago   LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday. The Rev....

QUEBEC CITY, Canada (The Catholic Register) – A small religious movement that follows a woman who claims to be the reincarnation of the blessed virgin Mary has been declared schismatic by a Canadian cardinal.Once a pious association authorized by the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Quebec City and other parts of eastern Canada, the Army of Mary began to stray from the flock in the 1980s and had its teachings condemned by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2001. Then it went a step too far when it ordained five deacons at its headquarters, Centre Spiri-Maria, outside Quebec...