This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac speak with Sam Sawyer, S.J., to discuss the recent controversy surrounding Cardinal Cupich’s decision to present Senator Durbin with a “lifetime achievement award” for his work in defense of migrants.
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Pope Leo’s surprise appointment to lead the Vatican bishops’ office
In this short episode of “Inside the Vatican”—abbreviated because of a forthcoming deep dive episode—Colleen and Gerry discuss Archbishop Iannone’s background and what he may bring to this influential Vatican role.
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Pope Leo names successor for embattled New Orleans archbishop after sex abuse settlement
Pope Leo XIV has named a successor to the embattled archbishop of New Orleans two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
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Chicago archdiocese’s plan to award Senator Durbin for immigration work meets pushback over abortion
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., in whose diocese Senator Dick Durbin resides, said he was “shocked” by the announcement due to Durbin’s public position on abortion.
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Pope Leo tells new bishops: You are called to be humble servants
Pope Leo XIV spent more than three hours this morning with 192 new bishops from around the world, including from the United States.
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Bishops and Catholic leaders call for prayer after conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed
Kirk was 31 and a married father with two young children. He was shot in the neck, reportedly by a sniper from a campus building. The suspect is still at large, and a manhunt is underway, according to law enforcement officials.
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Pope Leo erects new diocese in China, names new bishop
“With a desire to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend more effectively to its spiritual well-being,” Pope Leo decided to suppress the dioceses of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi and to erect the new diocese of Zhangjiakou, the Vatican press office said Sept. 10.
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US bishops’ president calls for special collection for Catholic aid groups in Gaza
The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church’s response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war continues to grind on.
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Archbishop Wenski: Trump secured the border. It’s time for immigration reform—not ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’
“Congress should do something — and Catholics should encourage their congresspeople to intervene, and to provide something more than just an enforcement-only approach to the challenges of immigration.”
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Cardinal Pizzaballa: Christ is not absent from Gaza. He is crucified in the wounded.
Cardinal Pizzaballa and Patriarch Theophilos III gave a press conference after visiting the Holy Family Parish church, which was struck by Israeli forces.