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Opus Dei responds to bishop’s ‘offensive and unfounded accusation’ in dispute over Marian image
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (829+ words) Sanctuary of Torreciudad. Credit: By Millars – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Opus Dei have responded to a bishop’s incendiary comments, which opened the latest chapter in a long-running dispute between the personal prelature and the local diocese, over a revered…...
Spanish bishop renews dispute with Opus Dei over Marian image
16+ hour, 39+ min ago (758+ words) Iglesia del Santuario de Torreciudad. Credit: José Luis Filpo Cabana/Wikimedia. A Spanish bishop has reignited a longstanding dispute with Opus Dei over a Marian image, saying that he will resign if the revered icon is not returned to its…...
On liturgy, Leo XIV sheds light (and knows it will bring a little heat)
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (157+ words) Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, celebrates the eucharistic prayer facing the altar, in the traditional custom, during one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.) Pope…...
For everything from troubled hearts to lost keys, Greeks bake cakes for a wish-granting saint
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (726+ words) Father Nikolaos Vlavianos stands beside an icon of Saint Fanourios, known in Greek as “The Revealer,” at the Church of St. Fanourios in Athens, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Credit: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP.) ILION, Greece — For the careless and despairing alike, there’s a…...
Leo XIV: An Augustinian through-and-through (and still an enigma)
1+ week, 4+ day ago (176+ words) Pope Leo XIV with the Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino on Saturday, 22 August 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media) In two speeches over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV reminded Vatican watchers of three things: There is an Augustinian sitting on…...
Scottish bishops’ leader calls Catholics to fight suicide bill
1+ week, 6+ day ago (869+ words) Bishop John Keenan of Paisley, file. (Image courtesy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley) With the threat of legal assisted suicide looming larger every day in the UK, the president of the Scottish bishops’ conference has appealed to Catholics…...
Lourdes bishop says Rupnik mosaics to be covered for papal visit
1+ week, 6+ day ago (800+ words) The basilicae of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, France. Image credit: By Père Igor – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Mosaic artwork decorating one of the world’s most famous healing shrines will be covered ahead of…...
Irish baptisms fall by 30% over ten years
2+ week, 2+ day ago (595+ words) Notice board of St. Mary’s pro-Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. Image credit: By Cograng – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link New research has found that annual baptisms have fallen by 30% over the last ten years in Ireland. A briefing note from the Iona…...
Archbishop of Westminster joins push for international religious freedom
2+ week, 2+ day ago (677+ words) The leader of the Church England and Wales has joined a major ongoing campaign against religious discrimination around the world. Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster released a statement on Tuesday in support of Aid to the Church in Need’s (ACN)…...
Pope tells consecrated men, women to continue path of synodality
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (418+ words) Pope Leo XIV greets consecrated men and women during an Oct. 10 audience for the Jubilee for Consecrated Life inside the Vatican’s Paul VI audience hall. (Credit: Vatican Media.) ROME – Pope Leo XIV met with consecrated men and women from all…...