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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Interview: the Catholic Biblical Association’s first Jewish president on Scripture, antisemitism and interfaith relations
“One should always read someone else’s Scriptures with generosity and grace. I see myself in this process as an ally to the Catholic tradition,” says Amy-Jill Levine.
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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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One year after Annunciation Catholic school shooting, Archbishop Hebda calls on faithful to be ‘beacons of light’
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is encouraging community members to be “beacons of light” ahead of the one-year mark of a fatal shooting during an all-school Mass.
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Jerusalem court acquits a man indicted in nun attack, orders psychiatric care
The violent assault in April on a nun walking in her habit in Jerusalem’s Old City sent shock waves across Israel and its many Christian communities.
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Archbishop urges Trump to ‘rethink’ Haiti deportations after mass kidnapping, massacre
A deadly gang attack near Haiti’s capital on Aug. 23 left more than 47 dead, with at least 50 kidnapped.
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An AP reporter spends the night locked inside Jerusalem’s holiest church with clergy and pilgrims
Most nights, from 9 p.m. to dawn, about a dozen priests, a smattering of registered pilgrims and a few cats have the sprawling, dark basilica of the Holy Sepulcher to themselves.
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Pope Leo explains why Vatican II needed to reform the Catholic Mass
The liturgy is “a living entity,” and it has always been subject to developments and changes over the centuries, Pope Leo said.
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Cardinal Cupich reinstates Chicago priest and outspoken social activist cleared of abuse allegations
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago has reinstated Father Michael Pfleger—known for his longtime social justice ministry—as pastor after an inquiry cleared the cleric of abuse allegations.
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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.