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Argentines pray that Pope Leo's visit alleviates their economic stress
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (434+ words) The decline in wages and pensions, coupled with an increase in the cost of public transportation, utilities, rent and food, has forced millions of Argentines to go into debt to survive. “I hope the Pope comes to help the poor…...
Pope Leo to meet with clergy abuse survivors during upcoming trip to France
12+ hour, 57+ min ago (502+ words) The Vatican issued a brief separate statement highlighting the meeting with several abuse survivors and noting that the victims themselves will be involved in preparations for the meeting. The timing and location will be provided at a later date. Leo…...
Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (185+ words) The Nov. 6-17 trip will include stops in Montevideo, Paysandú and Florida in Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján in Argentina; and Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa in Peru. The visit is especially significant because of Leo’s longstanding ties to Peru....
The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (427+ words) Greenwich Time Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas (THE CONVERSATION) By many measures, Americans are growing less religious: Since 2007, for example, the percentage of people who pray daily has dropped,…...
Pope heads on vacation after decisive flexing of papal muscle on international and church stage
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1018+ words) Leo is spending the rest of July at the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican's historic summer residence south of Rome that the American pope has turned into his weekly getaway for tennis and swimming. The Vatican said Leo…...
Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (572+ words) Greenwich Time...
Latin Mass, but faithful to the pope: A Minnesota church shows a different way during schism crisis
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1115+ words) “Our Catholic faith is a living tradition, and there is a difference between being rooted and being stuck,” the Rev. John Ubel said in homilies Sunday at English-language and Latin Masses. Since the Second Vatican Council modernized the liturgy more…...
Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops and invalidates sacraments
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (626+ words) The Vatican’s doctrine office went above and beyond the minimal sanctions foreseen by the church’s canon law to respond to the consecrations Wednesday of four new bishops at the society’s Econe, Switzerland, seminary. The society, known by its acronym SSPX,…...
What to know about the breakaway traditionalist Catholics defying Pope Leo XIV
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (809+ words) The ceremony marks the first major crisis for Leo, who has prioritized church unity and healing tensions with traditionalists that worsened during the Pope Francis pontificate. The society, known by its acronym SSPX, was founded in opposition to the modernizing…...
Defying Pope Leo XIV and risking schism, traditionalists go ahead with planned consecrations
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (751+ words) The Society of St. Pius X has planned a massive ceremony Wednesday at its seminary in Econe, Switzerland, in a mountain valley in the country’s southwest corner. It's expected to draw thousands of people who prefer the ancient Latin Mass…...