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July's other illicit episcopal consecration
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (1037+ words) This month is likely to see in the Church not one but two sets episcopal consecrations without a papal mandate, though taking place under very different circumstances. The first, publicized worldwide, took place July 1 at "c'ne, Switzerland, when the traditionalist…...
Spanish cardinal steps back over investigation
1+ day, 3+ min ago (1116+ words) Spanish Cardinal Crist'bal L'pez Romero, SDB, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, said Monday that he will temporarily step back from public ministry, amid a Vatican investigation into allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior toward at least five women. Meanwhile, a priest who…...
Oslo bishop to open Sigrid Undset canonization cause
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (658+ words) Norway's Bishop Fredrik Hansen announced Wednesday that he is taking the first steps toward opening the cause for canonization of Nobel Prize-winning author Sigrid Undset. Hansen, the Bishop of Oslo, made the announcement July 8, while celebrating Mass during an annual…...
What does Leo think about lay governance?
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1005+ words) Pope Leo last week made his largest slate of curial appointments to-date. Coming a little more than a year since his election, the pope reshuffled the senior positions of four dicasteries and most notably, named his second female prefect to…...
October 'Amoris' meeting to focus on mission for families
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (961+ words) The Holy See published on Monday the topics and preparatory document for an October meeting of presidents of bishops" conferences and heads of Eastern Churches, who will gather at the pope"s request to discuss Amoris Laetitia. The meeting " which…...
The important Catholic debate
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (263+ words) War? Schism? Genocide? Fraud, pestilence, global conspiracies? These are all child's play. Back in my day, Catholics used to spend our days on the internet arguing about really important things, like yoga. Oh yes. It's finally summer, the streams are…...
How many SSPX laypeople are there?
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1316+ words) Journalists covering this week's illicit episcopal consecrations by the Society of St. Pius X have faced an awkward problem. It's this: it seems impossible to say exactly how many laypeople are currently associated with the organization founded by the French…...
Why did Cardinal Nzapalainga meet Leo XIV?
6+ day, 24+ min ago (1466+ words) Pope Leo XIV met Tuesday with one of Africa's most prominent Catholic leaders. That, in itself, is not surprising. But the background to the June 30 encounter between Leo XIV and Cardinal Dieudonn" Nzapalainga of Bangui, Central African Republic, is intriguing....
SSPX in schism: An excommunication explainer - by JD Flynn
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (1538+ words) One day after the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X saw the illicit consecration of new bishops, the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith responded with a decree declaring some excommunications, and an "explanatory note" offering additional ecclesial…...
How the Church can limit a broader SSPX schism
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (1569+ words) With a decree and explanatory note from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican on Thursday declared the excommunication of the bishops of the Society of St. Pius X following their illicit episcopal consecrations on July 1. The…...