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SSPX rejects Vatican dialogue, plans to consecrate bishops without papal mandate
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (528+ words) ROME (OSV News) "The Society of St. Pius X has rejected a Vatican offer of dialogue and said it will move forward with plans to ordain bishops without a papal mandate this summer. "We both know in advance that we…...
Pastoral care is finally allowed inside Chicago-area ICE facility — on Ash Wednesday
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (1014+ words) CHICAGO (OSV News) "After months of trying, religious and clergy were finally able to enter the processing center for migrants without papers on the outskirts of Chicago on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. They gave Communion and distributed ashes to those inside....
From Pompeii to Pavia: Pope Leo XIV to make 6 pastoral visits throughout Italy
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (432+ words) ROME (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV will travel to six destinations across Italy this year, the Vatican announced on Feb. 19, journeying from the shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii in the south to the tomb of St....
Pope to Legionaries of Christ: Authority in religious life is not ‘domination’
8+ hour, 33+ min ago (553+ words) (OSV News) " Pope Leo XIV reminded members of the Legionaries of Christ that exercising governance and authority is meant as a service and not as a means to control others. In his Feb. 19 address to participants of the religious congregation's…...
US Church faces these areas of ‘critical concern’ on religious liberty, says bishops’ report
1+ day, 26+ min ago (596+ words) The USCCB Committee for Religious Liberty issued Feb. 17 its "Annual Report on the State of Religious Liberty," which highlights the legislative actions, executive actions, and U.S. Supreme Court cases the U.S. bishops are closely watching. "While there were positive developments for religious…...
Pope Leo XIV calls for ‘countercultural’ repentance on first Ash Wednesday of his pontificate
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (751+ words) ROME (OSV News) "Beneath the Roman pines of the Aventine Hill, Pope Leo XIV led a solemn penitential procession Feb. 18 to Rome's oldest extant basilica, marking the first Ash Wednesday of his pontificate with a call for "countercultural" repentance for…...
Death is close; Jesus and his love are closer, say clergy in Ukraine war zone
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (783+ words) (OSV News) "Amid the ravages of Russia's war on Ukraine, the human heart finds its home in God and in communion with others, said two Catholic clergy from Ukraine's embattled east at an annual three-day cultural event in New York…...
Why doesn’t the Church require more demanding fasting for Lent?
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (458+ words) Q: I think the Catholic Church's Lenten discipline is kind of a joke. Specifically, Friday abstinence really isn't that tough since most people aren't going to suffer if they can't have meat for one day a week. Why doesn't the Church…...
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given Feb. 18, 2026
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (736+ words) (OSV News) " The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV's general audience address given Feb. 18, Ash Wednesday, at St. Peter's Square. Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican" The post Full text: Pope Leo XIV's general audience given Feb. 18, 2026 first…...
Pope Leo XIV on Ash Wednesday: Ask the Lord for the gift of true conversion this Lent
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (483+ words) ROME (OSV News) " On Ash Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV encouraged Catholics to ask the Lord for "the gift of true conversion" at the start of the 40-day penitential season of Lent. Speaking to English-speaking pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience…...