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Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim
22+ hour, 20+ min ago (331+ words) Plainview Herald The head of the Society of St Pius X wrote to Leo a day after the Vatican excommunicated the group's bishops and priests and warned its faithful they too could be excommunicated for participating in the schism, or…...
Defying Pope Leo XIV and risking schism, traditionalists go ahead with Latin Mass consecrations
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1044+ words) The Society of St. Pius X, which opposes modernizing reforms in the Catholic Church, went ahead with a ritual-filled ceremony at its seminary in Econe, Switzerland, despite a last-ditch appeal by Leo to call it off. The American pope warned…...
Pope Leo XIV says war 'never blessed by God' as he opens meeting of world's cardinals
1+ week, 1+ day ago (339+ words) Leo summoned the cardinals for the two-day meeting, responding to their demand to be consulted more frequently than during the 12-year pontificate of Pope Francis, who tended to govern alone. Cardinals, the red-capped "princes of the church," have two main…...
Pope Leo XIV's flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (433+ words) Leo's Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem Friday, prompting Spain's king to offer his private jet instead. Felipe escorted Leo to his Falcoln on the…...
Pope visiting 'dock of shame' in Canary Islands where migrants slept in squalor
3+ week, 2+ day ago (598+ words) Leo is spending the final two days of his weeklong trip to Spain in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago closer to Africa than the Iberian Peninsula that is a key point of entry for migrants smuggled from West Africa....
Pope honors Barcelona's sacred monuments on death centenary of Sagrada Familia designer Gaud
3+ week, 3+ day ago (597+ words) The celebration of Barcelona's Christian traditions, past and present, marked the highlight of Leo's weeklong visit to Spain. It has underscored how the country of 50 million, which experienced a religious crisis after its 20th-century dictatorship ended, still has plenty of…...
Pope Leo XIV's visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands, in photos
3+ week, 3+ day ago (53+ words) Plainview Herald Pope Leo XIV's weeklong visit to Spain has brought him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice. Article continues below this ad Want more Plainview Herald?...
Elaborately decorated skeletons in Catholic churches across Bavaria take some visitors by surprise
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (651+ words) The skeletons " known as Vincenzius, Valerius, Benedictus and Felix Benedictus " are the remains of so-called catacomb saints that were brought to the Benedictine monastery near the Bavarian town of Bad Staffelstein from Rome in the late 17th and 18th century. "It's actually…...
Worship attendance at churches up for the first time in decades, according to new report
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (592+ words) Plainview Herald...
Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (335+ words) Plainview Herald The Lebanese Catholic and Maronite priests were asked to attend an online morning meeting with the Vatican's ambassador to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia Once online, Borgia told them Leo was also present and would like to speak with…...