Pope Leo XIV is traveling to Rimini today for the annual cultural festival organized by Communion and Liberation (CL). Few use its formal name, the “Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples.” It’s simply “Rimini.” It might be the only thing many […]
The Holy See Press Office announced this Saturday, July 25, the appointment of seven new members of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Church’s highest judicial body, presided over by Cardinal Dominique Mamberti. Leo XIV has designated the […]
A human rights advocate is urging Pope Leo XIV to reconsider the Vatican’s approach to China, arguing that Beijing’s treatment of Christians has reached its worst point in decades and that the Holy See should take a tougher stance before […]
The worst has happened: the illicit ordinations, the excommunications, the schism. A fissure has appeared (or re-appeared, or widened) in the unity of the Catholic Church. Recriminations will not change the history nor repair the damage. What will? […]
Pope Leo XIV still has a Peruvian credit card, wakes in the middle of the night and checks soccer results, follows the Chicago White Sox, and uses a cellphone. He is also, according to Brian Burch, the […]
What I will argue here is not about the SSPX. I am not a Society of St. Pius X member (having only ever been to one of their Masses at a conference, and to none of their […]
When he was elected Bishop of Rome on October 16, 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła had a rather limited experience of the Catholic Church in the United States. He had met American churchmen at the Second Vatican Council, and a few […]
Pope Leo XIV today urged priests to abide by the Church’s liturgical texts and rubrics, warning against un-authorized alterations to the Holy Mass and other liturgical rites. In a Wednesday general audience catechesis on Sacrosanctum Concilium, the […]
Pope Leo XIV today appealed for a revival of dialogue with the Coptic Orthodox Church after a rupture in March 2024 over Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican declaration permitting blessings for same-sex couples. Yet in communications released on […]
Nearly one year ago, Pope Leo XIV defied long-standing conventional wisdom that an American would never be elected to succeed St. Peter. But a leading Catholic commentator believes that the Chicago-born Pontiff may have been elected not despite his American […]
