News 1958-1978 Timeline Council Documentation Pope Leo XIV In Depth Research Bibliography About      NEWS: Most Recent 25 Articles | Feb 2026 | Jan 2026 | Dec 2025 | Nov 2025 | Oct 2025 | All Headlines By Month      Most Recent 25 Articles Diocese of Brooklyn, NY Engages Mediators for a Global Resolution of 1,100 Sex-Abuse Victims Bishop Robert Brennan of Brooklyn, NY announces that the diocese is pursuing an expeditious, global resolution of 1,100 remaining sex-abuse cases "to avoid the time, expense, and emotional strain for victim-survivors that would be caused by individual trials." Brennan further indicates: "the Diocese is cost-cutting and setting aside significant funds to compensate victim-survivors [which] entails difficult financial choices" 13 Feb 2026 Source: dioceseofbrooklyn.org University of Notre Dame Names Pro-Abort Susan Ostermann As Liu Institute Director Notre Dame has appointed pro-abortion advocate Professor Susan Ostermann as Liu Institute Director. Bishop Rhodes of Fort Wayne - South Bend issued a statement saying: "Having now read many of the op-ed pieces co-authored by Professor Ostermann, I must express my dismay and my strong opposition to this appointment" 13 Feb 2026 Source: keough.nd.edu SSPX Publishes Communiqué Following Meeting With DDF Prefect Cardinal Fernández The SSPX published a communiqué following the meeting with DDF Prefect Victor Cardinal Fernández. It indicates that "the Cardinal stated orally that while it would be possible to engage in dialogue about the Council, its texts could not be corrected." Fernández also stipulated a "prior condition" for any future dialogue that the SSPX "suspend the decision regarding the announced episcopal consecrations." 12 Feb 2026 Source: fsspx.news DDF Publishes Communication Regarding SSPX Meeting. Episcopal Consecrations Must Be Canceled. DDF Publishes Communication following Prefect Victor Cardinal Fernández meeting with SSPX Superior General Fr. Davide Pagliarani to discuss doctrinal questions and SSPX episcopal consecrations scheduled for 1 Jul 2026. Fernández emphasized that the ordination of bishops without the mandate of the Holy Father "would imply a decisive rupture of ecclesial communion (schism) with grave consequences for the Fraternity as a whole.” 12 Feb 2026 Source: doctrinafidei.va Pope Leo Appoints Bishop James Golka to Lead Denver Archdiocese Replacing Archbishop Samuel Aquila Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver, CO, and appointed Archbishop-designate James Golka (currently bishop of Colorado Springs) as his successor. Golka is scheduled to be installed 25 Mar 2026. 08 Feb 2026 Source: archden.org SSPX Fr. Pagliarani To Meet With DDF Prefect Cardinal Fernández Regarding Episcopal Consecrations Following the SSPX episcopal consecrations announcement, Cardinal Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, will meet with Fr. Pagliarani, Superior General of the SSPX. Pagliarani indicated that the meeting invitation letter from Fernández "evokes the possibility of new sanctions". 05 Feb 2026 Source: sspx.org Fr. Pagliarani, Superior General of the SSPX, Announces Episcopal Consecrations 1 Jul 2026 Superior General of the SSPX, Fr. Davide Pagliarani, with unanimous agreement from his council, "judges that the objective state of grave necessity" requires episcopal consecrations with or without the approval of Pope Leo XIV. Fr. Pagliarani requested the pope's approval and recently received a response "which does not in any way respond to our requests" 02 Feb 2026 Source: sspx.org Pope Leo at Ecumenical Vespers Prayer for Christian Unity: "We are one! We already are!" Pope Leo speaking to various Christian denominations at Ecumenical Vespers, St. Paul Outside the Walls: "We are one! We already are! Let us recognize it, experience it and make it visible!" Quoting Pope Francis, Leo continued, "the synodal journey of the Catholic Church 'is and must be ecumenical, just as the ecumenical journey is synodal'." Representatives of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Armenian Apostolic Church, Anglican Communion, and other ecumenical groups were in attendance. 25 Jan 2026 Source: vatican.va Pope Leo XIV Receives FSSP Superior General Fr. Berg and Fr. Bisig in Private Audience Pope Leo XIV received FSSP Superior General Fr. John Berg accompanied by Fr. Josef Bisig in a private audience at the Vatican on 19 Jan 2026. The FSSP communiqué states: "The cordial half-hour meeting was an opportunity to present to the Holy Father in greater detail the foundation and history of the Fraternity. This audience also provided an opportunity to evoke any misunderstandings and obstacles that the Fraternity encounters in certain places and to answer questions from the Supreme Pontiff" 20 Jan 2026 Source: fssp.org Card. Roche Delivers Letter on Liturgy Against TLM to Cardinals at Jan 2026 Extraordinary Consistory Arthur Cardinal Roche delivered a hard copy letter to cardinals attending the extraordinary consistory 7-9 Jan 2026. In the letter, Roche heavily quotes Pope Francis: "We cannot go back to that ritual form which the Council fathers, cum Petro et sub Petro, felt the need to reform." "I do not see how it is possible to say that one recognizes the validity of the Council ...and at the same time not accept the liturgical reform born out of Sacrosanctum Concilium" 12 Jan 2026 Source: vaticanii.com (leaked image copy of Cardinal Roche letter) Card. Zen Denounces "Bergoglian Synodality" as "Ironclad Manipulation" at Extraordinary Consistory Joseph Cardinal Zen intervention at Extraordinary Consistory, Rome 7-9 Jan 2026. "The ironclad manipulation of the process is an insult to the dignity of the Bishops, and the continual reference to the Holy Spirit is ridiculous and almost blasphemous (they expect surprises from the Holy Spirit; what surprises? That He should repudiate what He inspired in the Church’s two-thousand-year Tradition?)." 08 Jan 2026 Source: cardinalnews.substack.com (College of Cardinals Report) Fr. Louis-Marie de Blignières Proposes to Cardinals "Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction" for TLM In advance of the 7 Jan 2026 Consistory, Fr. Louis-Marie de Blignières communicates a TLM proposal to the cardinals: "Lay faithful and priests who have a strong attachment to the ancient Latin rite and who are in full communion with the Holy See and the other components of the Church constitute a group sufficiently numerous and distinctive for the solution of a dedicated ecclesiastical jurisdiction to be appropriate." 05 Jan 2026 Source: drive.google.com (Diane Montagna translation) Pope Leo's Apostolic Nuncio to US Denies Frank Pavone's Request To Say His Mother's Requiem Mass Frank Pavone posts to his Facebook page a letter from Christophe Cardinal Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. Pavone prefaces the letter with: "Pope Leo’s Nuncio to the United States just sent me this note saying no, I cannot celebrate my mother's funeral mass." 19 Dec 2025 Source: facebook.com/fatherfrankpavone Pope Leo Accepts Resignation Of Cardinal Dolan, Appoints Bishop Hicks New Archbishop of New Yrok Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of Timothy Cardinal Dolan, age 75. Appoints Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, IL as the next Archbishop of New York. 18 Dec 2025 Source: press.vatican.va Pope Leo Appoints Pro-LGBTQ Ramon Bejarano As Bishop of Monterey, CA Pope Leo appointed San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Ramon Bejarano as the new bishop of Monterey, CA. In Jul 2025, Bejarano celebrated an annual LGBTQ mass which included an address to the congregation from Drag queen Nicole Murray-Ramirez. At the 2024 LGBTQ mass, Bejarano apologized for the Church saying "they [LGBTQ] are not worthy of the love of God." 17 Dec 2025 Source: press.vatican.va Pope Leo Publishes 1st Book As Pope: "Peace Be With You: My Words to the Church and to the World" HarperOne to publish Pope Leo's first book "PEACE BE WITH YOU!" on 24 Feb 2026. The HarperOne notice reads: "Collected here for the first time are sermons and addresses delivered since his election on May 8 ...HarperOne has a long tradition of publishing works from spiritual leaders, including Pope John Paul II, Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama. With this landmark new book, Pope Leo XIV continues that legacy, offering a vision for peace, unity, and reconciliation in a fractured world." 07 Dec 2025 Source: harpercollins.com Female Diaconate Study: Historical "Female Diaconate" Different From Male Diaconate, Not Sacramental Study Commission on the Female Diaconate Directed By Bishop Denis Dupont-Fauville: "The female diaconate, which developed unequally in the different parts of the Church, was not understood as the simple female equivalent of the male diaconate and does not seem to have had a sacramental character" 04 Dec 2025 Source: press.vatican.va Pope Leo Apostolic Letter "In Unitate Fidei" On Nicene Creed - Avoids Virgin Mary & Filioque Pope Leo issues Apostolic Letter "In Unitate Fidei" on the Nicene Creed celebrating the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 325. The text makes no mention of the Virgin Mary while performing textual exegesis of surrounding terms. The text also eliminates the filioque relegating it to a footnote and suggesting that "now" the creed reads "I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified" 24 Nov 2025 Source: vatican.va Košice Archbishop Bernard Bober 75th B-day: Pope Leo Video Msg & Rave Party At Cathedral Bernard Bober, Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia celebrates 75th birthday with video message from Pope Leo followed by electronic music rave party and light show by priest DJ Padre Guilherme in front of the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice. 24 Nov 2025 Source: instagram.com/padre.guilherme Scotland Bishops Conference Selects Luisa Campbell General Secretary -First Lay Person, First Woman The Bishops' Conference of Scotland selected Luisa Campbell as General Secretary. Luisa Campbell will be the first member of the lay faithful and first woman to take on the role of General Secretary of The Bishop's Conference of Scotland (BCOS). She begins the role in February 2026, when Fr Gerry Maguiness completes his second term of office. 24 Nov 2025 Source: archedinburgh.org Detroit Archdiocese Restructuring, Merging Parishes Due to Priest Shortage & Mass Attendance Decline The Archdiocese of Detroit, under Archbishop Edward Weisenburger, enters a two-year restructuring period amid a "dramatic decline" in the number of priests and participation in parish life. Weisenburger describes the restructuring as an "intentional renewal ...Strengthening the Church for the Next Generation" In June 2025, Weisenburger eliminated all Traditional Latin Masses except one parish TLM and 3 non-parish TLMs. 21 Nov 2025 Source: restructuring.aod.org Bishop Strickland Addresses USCCB On Well-Publicized Confirmation Of Famous Homosexual Man Bishop Strickland addresses the USCCB Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, MD voicing concern over the heavily-publicized Sacramental Confirmation of news anchor Gio Benitez who is in an active homosexual relationship/marriage. Strickland states: "Here we are talking about doctrine. I just thought I need to raise that issue." Strickland was thanked for his comments; no further discussion or action taken at the assembly. 14 Nov 2025 Source: youtube.com/@UsccbOrg SSPX Invites Faithful to Day of Reparation for DDF Note Against Traditional Marian Titles & Devotion The SSPX issues communiqué inviting faithful to offer reparation for the injuries to our Blessed Mother in the Vatican Doctrinal Note (issued by DDF signed by Pope Leo) on "Some Marian Titles Regarding Mary's Cooperation in the Work of Salvation" (Mater Populi fidelis) 13 Nov 2025 Source: fsspx.news News Anchor Gio Benitez Confirmation, Gay Husband Sponsor, Private Mass St. Paul the Apostle Church ABC News Anchor, Giovani Benitez, received the Sacrament of Confirmation at a private Mass, St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan. Benitez writes on his IG page: "My deepest gratitude to Fr. Eric Andrews, Fr. James Martin, Fr. Paul Rospond, and Fr. @chrislawtoncsp for showing me that God’s loving mercy is unconditional ...I found the Ark of the Covenant in my heart, stored there by the one who created me… exactly as I am." 13 Nov 2025 Source: instagram.com/giobenitez Vatican DDF Publishes "Mater Populi Fidelis" Which Rejects "Co-Redemptrix" Title For Mary The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, under prefect Víctor Cardinal Fernández, publishes "Mater Populi Fidelis" (signed by Pope Leo XIV) to clarify and limit devotion to Mary and Marian Titles. "It would not be appropriate to use the title 'Co-redemptrix' to define Mary's cooperation ...Some titles, such as 'Mediatrix of All Graces,' have limits that do not favor a correct understanding of Mary's unique place." 04 Nov 2025 Source: press.vatican.va