Pope Leo’s letter to Cardinal Roche is the latest in a series of moves he has made this summer to affirm the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
Colleen Dulle
Colleen Dulle is the Vatican Correspondent at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast. She is the author of Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter (Image, 2025).
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Sweetness and strength
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Clare, Virgin, by Colleen Dulle
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97-year-old cardinal celebrates Mass at site of communist labor camp where he was imprisoned for 18 years
Cardinal Ernest Simoni returned on July 31 to the site of the forced-labor camp where he had been imprisoned for 18 years under Albania’s communist regime.
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SSPX appeals Vatican decision, claiming excommunication is ‘suspended’
The Society of St. Pius X—the group that the Vatican declared to be in schism on July 2—claims that beginning the appeal process “has the effect of suspending” the execution of the Vatican decree.
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With forgiveness, God does the impossible
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot, by Colleen Dulle
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Analysis: SSPX excommunications show what Pope Leo means by church ‘unity’
What do these decisions tell us about Pope Leo XIV and his understanding both of the SSPX and of the church unity that is central to his papacy?
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Vatican to German bishops: No lay people preaching homilies at Mass
The Vatican has rejected a request from the German bishops for special permission to allow lay men and women to preach homilies during Mass.
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Pope Leo speaks out on SSPX ordinations and U.S.-Iran deal
The pope spoke to journalists outside Castel Gandolfo.
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When Scripture puts a song in my head
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
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Chosen by God—or not
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle, by Colleen Dulle