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Bishop Gänswein: "I perceive a certain widespread relief. The season of arbitrariness is over."
Bishop Georg Gänswein, former Prefect of the Papal Household under both Benedict XVI and Francis, comments on election of Pope Leo: "I perceive a certain widespread relief ...We can begin to count on a papacy capable of guaranteeing stability ...I believe that doctrinal clarity is needed now. The confusion of these years must be overcome. And one of the tools to use are the structures that already exist. The institutions of the Church are neither a leprosy nor a threat to the Pope."
12 May 2025
Source: roma.corriere.it


Leo XIV Name Refers to Leo XIII Rerum Novarum, and Need for Catholic Response To AI
Leo XIV First Address to Cardinals: "The Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching [Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum] in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor."
10 May 2025
Source: press.vatican.va


Cardinal Prevost Elected Pope Taking the Name Leo XIV
Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Age 69, Elected Pope Taking the Name Leo XIV. Born in Chicago, he is the first pope from North America.
08 May 2025
Source: vaticannews.va


Archbishop Paul Etienne: "Catholic clergy may not violate the seal of confession"
Paul D. Etienne, Archbishop of Seattle, Responds to a New WA State Law Requiring Catholic Priests to Break the Seal of Confession for Cases of Child Abuse: "Catholic clergy may not violate the seal of confession – or they will be excommunicated from the Church."
05 May 2025
Source: wacatholics.org


Sistine Chapel Prepared to Host 133 Cardinal-Electors for Conclave Beginning 7 May 2025
Of 135 eligible cardinal-electors, 133 will begin the papal election process 7 May 2025; 2 cardinals are too ill to participate. At least 89 cardinals must agree for there to be a successful election of a new pope signaled by white smoke.
05 May 2025
Source: vaticannews.va


Bishop John Stowe Listens More Closely to LGBTQ+ Catholics Because of Pope Francis
John Stowe, Bishop of Lexington, KY: Pope Francis was inspiration to listen more closely to LGBTQ+ Catholics
29 Apr 2025
Source: newwaysministry.org


Italian Grand Lodge: Pope Francis had a "profound resonance with the principles of Freemasonry"
Luciano Romoli, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Italy: Pope Francis "embodied the values of brotherhood, humility and the search for a planetary humanism ...our [Freemasonic] Communion intends to pay homage to the vision of Pope Francis, whose work is characterized by a profound resonance with the principles of Freemasonry"
24 Apr 2025
Source: granloggia.it


German Bishops Pass Resolution About Blessings For Unmarried, Divorced and Gay Couples
German Bishops Conference defines Blessing as an "an act of the Church" to be extended to "couples not married in the Church, divorced and remarried couples, as well as couples of all sexual orientations and gender identities."
23 Apr 2025
Source: dbk.de


Buffalo Diocese To Pay $150 Million Sex-Abuse Claims As Part Of Chapter 11
Under Bishop Michael Fisher, the Diocese of Buffalo, its parishes and Catholic affiliates will provide $150 million to sex-abuse survivors as terms for a Chapter 11 filing.
22 Apr 2025
Source: wnycatholic.org


FSSP On Pope Francis Death: We Are Indebted For His Decree Of 11 Feb 2022
FSSP Communication: "We are indebted to him for being a Father toward our Fraternity in particular by his decree of February 11, 2022, clearly reaffirming the practice and charism that the Fraternity has had from its foundation."
21 Apr 2025
Source: fssp.org


Pope Francis Dies Easter Monday Age 88, 12 Years Pope
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announced the death of Pope Francis from the Casa Santa Marta
21 Apr 2025
Source: vaticannews.va


Opus Dei Sued By 43 Argentine Women Claiming Enslavement
Forty-three Argentine women sue Opus Dei for enslaving them. The Argentine prosecutor's office determined in October, 2024 that there were grounds to open a criminal investigation into the highest officials of Opus Dei in South America between 1983 and 2015, for crimes of human trafficking and exploitation. Opus Dei has denied all charges.
18 Apr 2025
Source: corriere.it


Diocese of Detroit, MI, USA To Cancel All Parish Latin Masses
Edward Weisenburger, Archbishop of Detroit: "The permissions to celebrate this liturgy [Traditional Latin Mass] in Archdiocesan parish churches — which expire on July 1, 2025 — cannot be renewed."
16 Apr 2025
Source: aod.org


Chinese Communist Party Arrests Underground Bishop Pietro Shao Zhumin
Pietro Shao Zhumin, underground bishop of Wenzhou, China, was arrested by the Chinese Communist Party to prevent him (and many other priests who refuse to register with the Patriotic Association) from presiding over the upcoming solemn liturgical celebrations of Holy Week.
15 Apr 2025
Source: asianews.it


Pope Francis Pens Forward For Book "Happy Vocations" -Beyond Hetero and Homo Orientation
Pope Francis endorses a new book about authentic vocations by authoring its forward. The book entitled "Vocazioni felici" (Happy Vocations) states: Men and Women can live their "vocation in an authentic way, integrating the world of feelings and affections, beyond the hetero-affective and homo-affective orientation."
11 Apr 2025
Source: libreriauniversitaria.it


Cardinal Fernández: Sex-Change Can Be Considered For Cases Of Strong Dysphoria
Víctor Cardinal Fernández Address 17 Feb 2025: Dignitas infinita uses the word "Normally" in rejecting sex-change therapy, and so does not exclude cases of "strong dysphorias that can lead to an unbearable existence or even suicide."
09 Apr 2025
Source: vatican.va


Albany NY Diocese Proposes Closing 1/3 of Parishes, Schools
Edward Scharfenberger, bishop pf Albany, NY writes in letter to his diocese: "We now face a financial and maintenance crisis as well -we have too many buildings! which is leading us to realign or relinquish perhaps one third of 126 parish churches and other buildings, even some of our remaining parish schools."
07 Apr 2025
Source: rcda.org


San Francisco Archbishop Cordileone Restores Kneelers; Adds Ad Orientem Masses at Cathedral
Salvatore Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, authors commentary article for NC Register. Cordileone has restored kneelers for optional reception of Holy Communion kneeling and introduced Ad Orientem Novus Ordo Masses at his Cathedral. He writes, "The furor some people would think that this would cause never materialized"
06 Apr 2025
Source: ncregister.com


Theodore (formerly Cardinal) McCarrick Dies Age 94
Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick dies age 94. McCarrick was laicized Feb 2019 for "solicitation in the Sacrament of Confession, and sins against the Sixth Commandment with minors and with adults, with the aggravating factor of the abuse of power."
03 Apr 2025
Source: ncregister.com


Card. Burke: "rebellion against Christ ...worsened in our time ...apostasy from the Apostolic Faith"
Raymond Cardinal Burke address for the School of Social Doctrine, Van Thuân Observatory, Vicenza, Italy. "The situation of rebellion against Christ and His Law, described by Pope Pius XI in 1925, has only worsened in our time and increasingly seeks to infiltrate the life of the Church herself and to corrupt the Bride of Christ, to lead her to grave infidelity, with an apostasy from the Apostolic Faith."
24 Mar 2025
Source: lanuovabq.it