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Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist group attached to the old Latin Mass Vatican News
The Vatican has issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics. It says their planned consecrations of bishops without papal consent will incur automatic excommunication. The post Vatican issues final…
Pope warns main threat common to religion and science is denial of objective truth
Pope Leo XIV said the principal threat facing both religion and science today is the denial of the existence of objective truth. He made this statement on May 11 during an audience granted to members of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, which…
Trump says he plans to raise Jimmy Lai imprisonment during China visit
President Donald Trump said he plans to discuss the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai during his upcoming visit to China; however, he suggested the prominent Catholic and pro-democracy campaigner “caused a lot of bedlam.” The post…
Thousands of diocesan documents stolen in Diocese of Las Cruces; head of Voice of the Laity allegedly involved
In New Mexico, the scope of the conflict between the Diocese of Las Cruces and Voice of the Laity has shifted after Bishop Peter Baldacchino accused the leader of the organization of involvement in the theft of thousands of diocesan documents.…
Pope Leo XIV prays for Sahel victims
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday prayed for victims of growing violence in the Sahel, thanked the people of the Canary Islands for welcoming a cruise ship carrying people sick with hantavirus, and offered a special blessing for mothers during his Regina…
U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to press China’s president on Jimmy Lai case
More than 100 U.S. lawmakers sent President Donald Trump a letter asking him to address Jimmy Lai’s case when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14–15. The post U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to press China’s…
Abortion pills head to the Supreme Court
Two judicial rulings over mifepristone this month have set the stage for the most important legal battle over abortion since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022—and the fight has exposed the growing divide between the pro-life movement and the…
Pope Leo: One year on
One year on, Pope Leo XIV has thus cultivated a reputation as the “quiet American pope,” methodically restoring decorum, legality, and serenity to the papal office while at the same time, in some areas, pursuing the general line of Pope Francis.…
Vatican and State Department stress solid ties after Rubio’s fence-mending visit over Trump attacks
The Vatican raised the “need to work tirelessly in favor of peace” in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who came to Rome on a fence-mending visit after President Donald Trump’s criticisms of Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war.…
Israeli military investigates soldier’s act against Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
Israel’s military has said it’s investigating an Israeli soldier who was photographed smoking and placing another cigarette on the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in occupied southern Lebanon. The picture was said to have been taken in the…