5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (988+ words) A group of more than 200 victims of spiritual abuse and their relatives is asking Pope Leo XIV to take concrete steps to prevent and respond to instances of spiritual abuse within the Church. In a Sept. 7 letter, published in La…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (921+ words) The state of Florida and the bishops of Florida are embroiled in a heated debate over vaccine policies in the state’s Catholic schools. The state government is expanding religious exemptions to required childhood vaccines, and the attorney general has demanded…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1002+ words) Pope Leo XIV accepted Wednesday another early resignation of a German diocesan bishop, who cited the toll of office as a reason for stepping down. The Holy See press office announced Sept. 2 that the pope had accepted the resignation of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (846+ words) An Indian cathedral at the heart of the Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute celebrated a Holy Qurbana entirely facing the people Sunday, after parishioners agreed to allow it alongside the Eastern Church’s new uniform Eucharistic liturgy. The agreement marks another step in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1017+ words) After months of controversy in Italy, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Clergy confirmed last week the removal of Fr. Massimo Biancalani, well-known for his pro-migrant activism, as pastor of two parishes in the Diocese of Pistoia. The move comes after protracted…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (719+ words) An organization overseeing almost 600 Catholic schools in the Australian state of New South Wales announced Friday that it had fired its chief executive, days after he appeared before a state corruption watchdog inquiry, and erased his phone and iPhone hard…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (823+ words) And a very happy feast of St. Pius X to all who celebrate. Well, to all of you who celebrate who aren’t in schism — those of you who are should repent and submit to the pope. Prior to the code,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1390+ words) Not many countries have played host to several popes over the years. Fewer nations still can say they were founded by a saint. And only one such country can boast of all that, with a population of only 35,000 people. But…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1713+ words) The pontifical delegate to the beleaguered Institute of the Incarnate Word has announced a new general council, as part of Vatican efforts to reform the congregation, and a new website for the group, largely because Vatican-appointed officials had been unable…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (990+ words) In the last two weeks, prominent Italian bishops, including the pope’s own cardinal vicar for Rome, made dramatic interventions to prevent church funerals scheduled for men discovered to be Freemasons. In the same span of time, the Holy See announced…...