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These traditionalist Catholics are defying Pope Leo XIV, and embracing their outsider status
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (1158+ words) The group, which celebrates the traditional Latin Mass and rejects the modernizing reforms of the Catholic Church, is planning a highly organized, four-day, livestreamed extravaganza for the consecrations at its Swiss seminary " complete with a souvenir wine set offered to…...
Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
4+ week, 23+ hour ago (1140+ words) By NICOLE WINFIELD, KAITLYN HUAMANI and PAOLO SANTALUCIA "Magnifica Humanitas" (Magnificent Humanity), Leo's first encyclical, has been eagerly awaited ever since history's first U. S. -born pope announced days after his election that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing…...
Pope tells inmates "you are not alone" during Equatorial Guinea prison visit at end of Africa tour
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (922+ words) Leo's visit to the prison in the Central African port city of Bata followed in the tradition of Pope Francis, who frequently met with inmates on his foreign visits to give them a message of hope. But Leo's stop, at…...
Pope's Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (961+ words) Leo's line, of course, referred to his Augustinian spirituality. But his connection to the Algerian-born St. Augustine, the towering figure of Christianity who is known well to Algeria's Sunni Muslim majority, served at the very least to favorably introduce Leo…...
Pope Leo XIV denounces war violence in first Palm Sunday homily
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (259+ words) Pope Leo XIV chastised the world's warmongers who are hiding behind religion'as he prayed for Christians caught up in the violence of the Middle East and Ukraine during his first Palm Sunday homily. "Brothers and sisters, this is our God:…...
Pope Leo XIV makes a rare 1-day visit to glitzy Monaco
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (60+ words) New York Daily News By NICOLE WINFIELD and SYLVIE CORBET Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said the visit would provide the American pope with his first real chance to speak to all of Europe. "In the Bible, it is precisely the…...
Cardinal Dolan and Rev. A. R. Bernard to head NYPD chaplains unit
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (301+ words) Former Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Rev. A. R. Bernard, founder of the Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn, are set to assume leadership of the NYPD's chaplains unit, Police Commissoner Jessica Tisch said Monday. The pair will be…...
NY Catholics welcome Archbishop Ronald Hicks as their new spiritual shepherd
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (658+ words) Archbishop Ronald Hicks was officially installed Friday as New York's top Catholic leader, outlining a vision of a missionary church that would put people above politics. "This is a call to be a missionary church not a country club," Hicks…...
Watch live: Ronald Hicks installed as Archbishop of New York at St. Patrick's Cathedral
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (122+ words) New York Daily News Bishop Ronald Hicks is being installed at St. Patrick's Cathedral today as the next archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led the state's 2. 8 million Catholics for more than 15 years. Born in Harvey,…...
The cardinal lauds New York: Looking back from 17 years at St. Patrick's pulpit
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (578+ words) It was Feb. 5, 2009, the eve of my 59th birthday, my seventh happy year as archbishop of Milwaukee. All that changed with a telephone call from the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, who tells me, "Pope Benedict has…...