This week on Jesuitical, hosts Zac and Ashley speak to Shaun Blanchard, Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, about the history of the SSPX, their illicit decision to ordain new bishops, and what their excommunication means for more traditional groups within the Catholic Church.
Pope Leo XIV
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The U.S. bishops are speaking out forcefully on politics—and finally being heard
Prompted by the beginnings of both Leo XIV’s papacy and the second term of Donald J. Trump, the bishops are using their voice in a new way.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Is Pope Leo ‘Americanizing’ Vatican fundraising?
Narratives that say “Francis ate with the poor; Leo eats with the rich” are oversimplifying the approaches of the two popes to Vatican finances.
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Peruvian city to unveil world’s tallest statue of Pope Leo for trip to South America
The Peruvian city of Callao announced an unusual tribute to Pope Leo XIV ahead of his November visit to the South American country: the largest statue of the pontiff in the world.
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A way out of the Vatican II liturgy wars: Priests should stick to the rubrics
Priests who depart from the rubrics of the Mass may mean well. But Catholics should consider why both Popes Leo and Francis have called such deviations a problem.
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Pope Leo grants Eastern Synods the faculty to remove patriarchs
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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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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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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Pope Leo: Catholic culture of love can counter the lies of hatred, power
The Catholic vision of love and mercy must overcome the false narratives that create enemies and convince people and nations to “re-arm” in a “culture of power,” Pope Leo XIV said.
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Marko Rupnik mosaics at Lourdes to be covered before Pope Leo’s visit and remain masked indefinitely, bishop says
A former Jesuit, Father Marko Rupnik, 71, is accused of abusing more than two dozen women over several decades.