“We must not resign ourselves to violence. God continues to open paths of reconciliation and peace throughout history. We have a responsibility to walk these paths with courage and to help the world recognize them.”
Vatican
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Pope Leo issues challenge to cardinals gathered in Rome: ‘Learn synodality by practicing it’
Leo also surprised the cardinals by telling them, “I wish to ask you for your help.”
Posted inPodcasts
‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Pope Leo may say to the U.S. on July 3
On the season finale of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry discuss the hectic weeks before Pope Leo’s summer vacation.
Posted inNews
SSPX stands firm against Vatican II in open letter to Pope Leo
Among the “modern errors” the society noted were ecumenism, religious freedom, synodality and post-conciliar liturgical reforms.
Posted inNews
Lay groups in Germany push back after Vatican denies request for right to preach at Mass
Lay groups in Germany involved in the local Church’s controversial Synodal Way say they will continue demanding the right to preach at Mass, defying a recent rejection by the Vatican of the proposal.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Vatican to German bishops: No lay people preaching homilies at Mass
The Vatican has rejected a request from the German bishops for special permission to allow lay men and women to preach homilies during Mass.
Posted inDispatches
500 years later, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico still stirs controversy on both sides of the Atlantic
While many Mexicans consider Cortés a rapacious historical villain, Hispanophiles, both in Spain and across the Americas, lionize him for bringing Catholicism and Spanish culture to Mesoamerica.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Pope Leo speaks out on SSPX ordinations and U.S.-Iran deal
The pope spoke to journalists outside Castel Gandolfo.
Posted inPodcasts
Why Pope Leo’s A.I. encyclical is resonating with tech leaders, theologians and young Catholics
Anna Rowlands joined Colleen Dulle on America’s “Inside the Vatican” podcast to discuss the responses to Pope Leo’s now viral encyclical, its reception by the tech industry and its contributions to Catholic theology and social doctrine.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
‘Human dignity has no passport’: Pope Leo visits Gran Canaria
“We cannot grow accustomed to counting the dead. Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border,” Pope Leo declared in a major speech on migration.