Pope Leo XIV has filled one of the most important Vatican vacancies by tapping Bishop Anthony Randazzo, an Australian church lawyer, to serve as the Holy See’s chief legal expert.
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On immigration and war, the U.S. bishops are echoing Oscar Romero
Decades after his martyrdom, Romero’s insistence that the laws of God stand above law created by humankind and the edicts and commands of political and military leaders has been repeated by bishops in the United States, speaking against war-making and mass deportation.
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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.
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Belgian bishop says he will ‘make every effort’ to ordain married men by 2028
In a pastoral letter published March 19, Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp wrote that the question is “no longer whether” married men can be ordained, but “when” and “who will do it.”
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Bishop Seitz urges ICE agents not to follow illegal deportation orders
In a pastoral letter on March 15, Bishop Mark Seitz urged immigration enforcement agents not to follow illegal orders and denounced the “grave moral evil” of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.
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Why one diocese radically changed its approach to Confirmation
In 2025 the Archdiocese of Baltimore changed the confirmation age from between 14 and 16 to the age of 9. Can the move combat rising rates of disaffiliation?
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Iran’s Cardinal Mathieu evacuated to Rome
Cardinal Dominique Mathieu said he arrived in Rome March 8 “not without regret and sorrow for our brothers and sisters in Iran.”
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Bishop Seitz: The border is everywhere now
As the bishop of El Paso, I am often asked to offer my view of the current situation at the border. In addressing that important issue, I try to bring light on some deeper issues that I believe are at stake in the contemporary debate on immigration in our country and are urgent for our consideration.
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Cardinals McElroy and Cupich denounce Iran war: ‘War now has become a spectator sport.’
“A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game—it’s sickening,” Cardinal Blase Cupich said.
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Catholics urged to be cautious over new Anglican schism
As bishops and archbishops from the worldwide Anglican Communion sever links with England’s first female archbishop of Canterbury, citing her church’s “false teaching,” Catholics are being urged to maintain friendly ties while dropping illusions about future reunification.