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Lawyer in sensitive Vatican abuse case issues scathing critique of church’s secretive legal system – Winnipeg Free Press
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (1335+ words) Winnipeg 18° C, Partly cloudy with wind In a letter to the Vatican, attorney Laura Sgro demanded to know the status of the Vatican investigation into the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik after an Italian blog, Messa in Latino, reported Monday that…...
Traditionalist Catholics face a difficult choice after Vatican cuts off breakaway group – Winnipeg Free Press
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1494+ words) Winnipeg 21° C, Cloudy with wind For traditionalist Catholics who worship at churches affiliated with the breakaway Society of St. Pius X, Sunday Mass now comes with an extraordinary question. Yet inside the society’s churches, normal life has largely carried on....
Pope Leo plays tennis religiously as part of an Augustinian devotion to sports and spirituality
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (826+ words) Winnipeg 26° C, Cloudy with wind In the ensuing months, Leo has tried to set aside time in his busy schedule to play the sport every week as part of his Augustinian devotion to physical activity and spirituality. The Rule of…...
Pope Leo visits Italy's 'Land of Fires' as families seek justice for children lost to toxic waste
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (417+ words) Winnipeg 9° C, Light rain with wind The visit to the so-called Terra dei Fuochi, or Land of Fires, comes on the eve of the 11th anniversary of Pope Francis’ big ecological encyclical Laudato Si (Praised Be), and indicates Leo’s interest in…...
Pope to visit France in September with a stop at UNESCO
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (228+ words) The Vatican confirmed Saturday the Sept. 25-28 trip, which will be Leo’s fourth foreign voyage of the year: Leo made a day trip to Monaco in March, visited four African nations in April and is due to visit Spain and the…...
Pope decries the rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) Winnipeg 22° C, Light rain with wind Leo’s speech at Rome’s La Sapienza University marked the first time a pope has visited the campus since Pope Benedict XVI called off a planned speech there in 2008 in the face of protests from…...
Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist group attached to the old Latin Mass
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (522+ words) Winnipeg 2° C, Sunny Pope Leo XIV is praying for enlightenment so that the leaders of the Society of St. Pius X “may reconsider the extremely grave decision they have made,” said a statement from the Vatican’s doctrine czar, Cardinal Víctor…...
Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1159+ words) Winnipeg 3° C, Clear Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring the testimony of two gay, married Catholics who spoke openly about their sexuality, faith and how the Catholic Church’s negative teaching on…...
A year in, what’s on Pope Leo XIV’s to-do list? And what has he done so far?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1001+ words) Leo has made some significant decisions so far, and has several challenges looming. Several upcoming appointments in the U.S. and at the Vatican will give Leo an opportunity to shape the church’s hierarchy and central governance more to his liking and…...
Worship attendance at churches up for the first time in decades, according to new report
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (815+ words) ATLANTA (RNS) — The past 25 years have been rough for American churches and other houses of worship. The median worship attendance dropped by more than half. Church closures and the rise of the nones — those who claim no religion — have grabbed…...