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Synod study group proposes broader role for Catholics in bishops’ ad limina visits
9+ hour, 43+ min ago (1083+ words) Study Group 7 says bishops’ visits to Rome should be instruments of missionary conversion, communal discernment, and greater co-responsibility in the Church. VATICAN CITY — For centuries, “ad limina apostolorum” visits — the periodic pilgrimage of diocesan bishops to the tombs of the…...
Love is not a feeling but a decision, Pope Leo XIV tells couples
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (564+ words) In the foreword to a new edition of the youth catechism YouCat, on the subject of love and marriage, Pope Leo XIV goes to the heart of the vocation to love: serving through a generous gift of self. Pope Leo…...
Pope Leo XIV: Respect for human dignity ‘excludes self-centered isolation’
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (535+ words) VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV at his Wednesday general audience urged people to take responsibility for the dignity of each human person and to embrace an identity centered on gift of self. “This dignity is entrusted to the responsibility of…...
Pope Leo appoints coadjutor bishop for Puerto Rico’s youngest diocese
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (246+ words) A coadjutor bishop serves alongside the current diocesan bishop and succeeds him after his retirement. Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday appointed a coadjutor bishop for the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao, the third bishop nomination for the island of Puerto Rico in…...
China ordains 18th bishop under Vatican agreement
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (1129+ words) Archbishop Andrew Ding Yang’s episcopal ordination is the eighth held during Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, though not all eight bishops were appointed by him. Father Andrew Ding Yang was ordained Tuesday, Sept. 8, as archbishop of Chongqing in southwestern China, a…...
Mary’s birthday: The Church celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (510+ words) The Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of Sept. 8, nine months after the Dec. 8 celebration of her immaculate conception as the child of Sts. Joachim and Anne. The circumstances of the…...
Leo XIV: Mary’s simple presence — and her Son within her — moves all of history
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (391+ words) The pope celebrates Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano ROME — It was shortly after 5 p.m. local time when Pope Leo XIV arrived at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, awaited by thousands…...
Pope Leo XIV to Arab-region churches: ‘Do not be afraid of your smallness’
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (454+ words) The pope met with members of the Council of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions on Thursday in Rome, offering a message of hope and encouragement in the midst of crisis and uncertainty. Pope Leo XIV offered a clear measure…...
Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: ‘As I look at each of you, I see the marvelousness of God’
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (459+ words) The pope told the seminarians that the call of God is gratuitous and not based on any merit of theirs, adding that their presence is a sign of hope for the Church in that God continues to call. On Sept....
Who Will Be Offered the First Red Hats of Leo XIV’s Pontificate?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (347+ words) ANALYSIS: The first American Pope has yet to appoint his inaugural batch of cardinals. The time is coming, however, when Leo XIV’s pontificate will have to take definitive shape, and that will be when the Pope convenes a consistory to…...