In a new motu proprio, Pope Leo XIV grants the Synod of Bishops the power to remove a patriarch from office should their relationship be irreparably compromised for serious reasons.
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Pope Leo meets Europe’s richest man, who donated millions to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
Bernard Arnault, the head of Louis Vuitton and Europe’s richest man, contributed more than $233 million toward the reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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Vatican’s top diplomat begins visit to Russia as European leaders flock to Ukraine
In Moscow, Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign secretary, is not scheduled to meet President Vladimir Putin.
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U.S. bishops urge Trump administration to ‘advance real solutions’ instead of IVF
The USCCB stated that “public policy should not promote practices that undermine the dignity of human life or sever the connection between procreation and the marital act.”
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Vatican provides SSPX priests, lay faithful with procedure to return to Catholic communion after schism
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has established a procedure for both priests and lay faithful connected to the Society of St. Pius X to return to Catholic communion, following the society’s schismatic act July 1. The instructions are being transmitted through apostolic nunciatures, as previously announced in […]
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Lego announces new set designed after Spain’s Sagrada Família basilica
The Sagrada Família set — containing 12,060 separate Lego elements — is the largest Lego building set ever released, by piece count, the company said.
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Supreme Court declines to dismiss Peter’s Pence lawsuit
The plaintiff alleged that the USCCB promoted the collection as assisting in charitable works, but reports suggested Peter’s Pence funds were invested in part in real estate and Hollywood films.
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Pope Leo accepts resignation of West Virginia bishop, names D.C. auxiliary as successor
A native of El Salvador, West Virginia’s new bishop migrated to the United States in 1990 and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Washington on May 29, 2004.
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis
“Archbishop Fulton Sheen was one of the greatest voices of evangelization in the Church and the world in the 20th century,” Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria said.
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Jerusalem patriarchate cancels Palm Sunday procession, postpones chrism Mass amid war
Uncertainty surrounds upcoming Holy Week liturgies — central to the Christian faith and typically drawing large gatherings of pilgrims and local worshippers.