News 1958-1978 Timeline Council Documentation Pope Leo XIV In Depth Research Bibliography About      NEWS: Most Recent 20 Articles | Jul 2025 | Jun 2025 | May 2025 | Apr 2025 | Mar 2025 | All Headlines By Month      Most Recent 20 Articles Pope Leo Celebrates New Mass for Care of Creation; Prays For Conversion to Care for Common Home Pope Leo celebrates newly created Mass for Care of Creation. In his homily the pope says, "I would like to add that we should pray for the conversion of the many people, inside and outside the Church, who do not yet recognize the urgent need to care for our common home." 11 Jul 2025 Source: vatican.va Toulouse Archbishop Kerimel Justifies Appointing as Chancellor a Priest Convicted of Underage Rape Guy de Kerimel, Archbishop Toulouse, publishes justification for appointing convicted homosexual rapist priest, Fr. Dominique Spina, to position of Chancellor of the Diocese. Spina was convicted of raping of a 16-year-old boy in 1993 and served 4 years. Archbishop Kerimel writes: "[the victim] must move forward to rebuild herself ...Is it possible to show mercy to a priest who sinned gravely thirty years ago ...In the case of Fr. Dominique Spina, the victim was recognized, justice was served" 10 Jul 2025 Source: toulouse.catholique.fr (Diocese of Toulouse Website) Bishop Alberto Rojas Dispenses Mass Attendance Obligation Over Immigration Enforcement Fears Bishop Alberto Rojas Dispenses Mass Attendance Obligation with a notice stating that all San Bernardino faithful "who, due to genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions, are unable to attend Sunday Mass or Masses on holy days of obligation are dispensed from this obligation, as provided for in Canon 1247." 10 Jul 2025 Source: sbdiocese.org LifeSiteNews Board in 5-4 Vote Removes John-Henry Westen As CEO and Editor-in-Chief John–Henry Weston has been removed from his position as CEO and Editor-in-Chief at LifeSiteNews following a board 5-4 vote. Co-Founder Steve Jalsevac writes: "the decision was influenced by several factors, including a 72% drop in readership from 2021 to 2024 during John-Henry’s tenure as CEO, a decline in monthly and new donors, and other business challenges. Additionally, an internal survey revealed significant concerns regarding staff sentiment and safety scores." 09 Jul 2025 Source: lifesitenews.com Fresno, CA Diocese Files for Bankruptcy To Resolve Sex Abuse Claims The Diocese of Fresno, CA - under Bishop Joseph Brennan - files for bankruptcy to resolve sex abuse claims. Brennan writes in a letter: "I am clear-sighted that this path is the only path that will allow us to handle claims of sexual abuse with fair, equitable compassion while simultaneously ensuring the continuation of ministry within our Diocese." 01 Jul 2025 Source: files.ecatholic.com Pope Leo: "Real miracle [at multiplication of the loaves] performed by Christ ...lies in sharing" Pope Leo message to UN Food and Agriculture Organization: "Jesus, who, as the Gospels narrate, when he saw a great multitude coming to him to hear his word, was concerned first of all to feed them ...when we read the account of what is commonly called the 'multiplication of the loaves' (cf. Mt 14:13-21; Mk 6:30-44; Lk 9:12-17; Jn 6:1-13), we realize that the real miracle performed by Christ was to show that the key to overcoming hunger lies in sharing rather than in greedily hoarding." 30 Jun 2025 Source: vatican.va Holy See Announces New Votive Mass "For the Care of Creation" The Holy See Press Office on 3 July 2025 will present a new votive mass formula "Pro Custodia Creationis" (For the Care of Creation) which will be added to the Missae "Pro Variis Necessitatibus Vel ad Diversa" (For Various Needs or Different Purposes) of the Roman Missal. In like manner, Pope Francis in 2016 created a New Corporal Work of Mercy: Care for Our Common Home. 30 Jun 2025 Source: press.vatican.va Hamburg Archdiocese Adopts School Sex-Ed Framework Covering Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity The Archdiocese of Hamburg, under Archbishop Stefan Heße, has approved a new school sex-ed framework designed for all ages which includes "acceptance of diversity in terms of sexual orientation and gender identity." With childlike drawings, the curriculum under the heading "Knowledge" states "Hetero is not the only normal" and distinguishes gender, identity and attraction pointing to parts of a gingerbread cookie. All 15 Hamburg Catholic schools must implement the new framework fall 2026. 26 Jun 2025 Source: erzbistum-hamburg.de (Archdiocese of Hamburg website) Card Roche Among Pope Leo Appointments to Dicastery of Consecrated Life, Societies of Apostolic Life Pope Leo announces appointments to Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Among the appointments is Arthur Cardinal Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, who during a 19 Mar 2023 BBC broadcast (while speaking about the Novus Ordo Mass) stated: "The Theology of the Church Has Changed." 24 Jun 2025 Source: press.vatican.va Our Lady of Grace Church, Hoboken, NJ Hosts 8th Annual "Pride Mass" In the Newark, NJ Diocese under Joseph Cardinal Tobin, Our Lady of Grace Church hosts its 8th annual Pride Mass. 24 Jun 2025 Source: olghoboken.com Pope Leo: Palestrina "compositions ...inspired by Gregorian chant, closely unite music and liturgy" Pope Leo on Palestrina's 500th Birthday: "Palestrina was ...one of the composers who contributed most to the promotion of sacred music, for ‘the glory of God and the sanctification and edification of the faithful’ (St. Pius X: Inter sollicitudines) ...Polyphony itself, moreover, is a musical form full of meaning, for prayer and for Christian life." 18 Jun 2025 Source: vatican.va NJ State Supreme Court Unanimous Decision Allows Grand Jury Investigations of Clerical Sex Abuse New Jersey's Supreme Court rules that grand juries can be empaneled to investigate clerical sex abuse allegations. In May 2021, the Camden Diocese challenged the state's right to convene a grand jury investigation for clerical abuse, with a county superior court judge ruling in the diocese's favor. The NJ Supreme Count overturned that decision. 18 Jun 2025 Source: njcourts.gov Cardinal Gambetti: Make St Peter's Zero Climate Impact and Encourage Everyone to "Grow in Humanity" Mauro Cardinal Gambetti, archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, speaks at a press conference about the Fabric of Saint Peter project for environmental and energy sustainability. The goal is to make St. Peter's "a zero impact 'house' that welcomes everyone and encourages everyone to grow in humanity." 16 Jun 2025 Source: press.vatican.va Cardinal Burke: "It is my hope [Pope Leo] will ...try to restore ...Summorum Pontificum" Card. Burke, after Latin Mass Society Address, responds to a question about Pope Leo and TLM restrictions. "I certainly have already had occasion to express that to the Holy Father. It is my hope that he will, as soon as it is possible, take up the study of this question, and try to restore the situation as it was after Summorum Pontificum. 14 Jun 2025 Source: Latin Mass Society Youtube Channel Detroit Cancels All TLMs Except Four. Novus Ordos No Ad Orientem, Must Use Free-Standing Altar Edward Weisenburger, Archbishop of Detroit, cancels all Latin Masses except four. Weisenburger writes in a letter [portions leaked]: "The Traditional Latin Mass will be offered at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit in the Central Region and three non-parish churches in each additional region of the Archdiocese of Detroit ...use of the ad orientem posture by the priest using the ordinary form [Novus Ordo] of the Mass is no longer permitted and the Mass must be celebrated on a free-standing altar” 13 Jun 2025 Source: aod.org Mario Cardinal Grech: "The shortage of vocations can be a grace from God" Times of Malta Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit interviews Mario Cardinal Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops. During the interview, Cardinal Grech states: "The shortage of vocations can be a grace from God. Some are scandalized by these words, because it could prompt the church to recognize and utilize the diverse gifts present among all Christians rather than concentrating power solely within the clergy." 11 Jun 2025 Source: timesofmalta.com Homeland Security Investigates Catholic Charities USA and USCCB Catholic Charities USA and US Conference of Catholic Bishops are among over 200 NGOs being investigated by the US House Committee on Homeland Security for potential misuse of government funds by "providing services or support to inadmissible aliens during the Biden-Harris administration’s historic border crisis." 11 Jun 2025 Source: homeland.house.gov No Longer a Diocese with a Bishop, Opus Dei Presents New Statutes to Holy See for Review, Approval Resulting from Pope Francis's decision to remove the status of Opus Dei as a diocese led by a bishop, and following guidelines set forth in Ad Charisma Tuendum, Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, prelate of Opus Dei, presents the Holy See new statues for review and approval. 11 Jun 2025 Source: opusdei.org Buffalo, NY Diocese Assesses Parishes To Raise $80M Contribution For $150M Bankruptcy Settlement Buffalo Diocese, under Bishop Michael Fisher, to pay bankruptcy settlement of $150M (including $80M directly from parishes) "to bring to a close this painful chapter of our Diocese …Contribution percentages range from 10% to 80% ...with the highest percentage being applied to [51% of] parishes scheduled to be closed or merged as part of the Road to Renewal. 09 Jun 2025 Source: buffalodiocese.org Pope Leo Pentecost Homily: "Doors of the Upper Room were opened because the Spirit opens borders" Pope Leo delivers Open-Borders-Themed Homily for Pentecost. "In a word, at Pentecost, the doors of the Upper Room were opened because the Spirit opens borders." So too, Pope Leo continues, "The Spirit opens borders, first of all, in our hearts ...The Spirit also opens borders in our relationship with others ...overcoming our rigidity, moving beyond our fear of those who are different ...Finally, the Spirit also opens borders between peoples." 08 Jun 2025 Source: vatican.va