Pope Leo’s quotation of Augustine after his election contains within it an important theological point about the nature of the episcopacy. The quotation signals Leo XIV’s approach to his role as bishop of Rome.
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Pope Leo XIV, in first U.S. appointment, names San Diego’s new bishop
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.
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Pope Francis created cardinals from the ‘peripheries.’ Is that how we got Pope Leo XIV?
The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the church.
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Pope Francis’ last U.S. appointments reflect on what it means to be ‘a Francis bishop’
Just about two weeks before he died, Francis announced that Archbishop-elect McKnight will be the next archbishop of Kansas City, Mo., and that Bishop Lewandowski will become the next bishop of Providence, R.I.
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The U.S. bishops have stopped resettling refugees in the Trump era. What does the future hold?
To stop the important work of refugee resettlement is to lose part of the church’s identity in the United States.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ doctor weighs in on surprise appearance in St. Peter’s Square: ‘He decides. He is the pope.’
When asked if we could expect other such surprises in the coming days, Dr. Sergio Alfieri responded: “I do not rule out that the Holy Father will give us other surprises. We know him.”
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U.S. bishops will cease refugee resettlement work with government after Trump funding freeze
The U.S.C.C.B. said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children’s services and refugee support after its longstanding partnerships with the government in those areas became “untenable.”
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Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick dies at 94
McCarrick had been removed from ministry at the direction of the Vatican in June 2018 due to a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a teenager investigated by the Archdiocese of New York.
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Report: 10 million Christians in US at risk of mass deportation
A joint Catholic-Evangelical report found that an overwhelming majority of people impacted by the Trump administration’s mass deportations are Christian.
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Hundreds join El Paso bishop’s protest against migrant mass deportation, asylum bans
Bishop Mark Seitz led a March 24 demonstration and prayer vigil to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policy.