2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (532+ words) Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, seated in the middle, consecrated without papal approval four bishops for the Society of St. Pius X in "c'ne, Switzerland, July 1, which led to the automatic excommunication of the five prelates. Now, they've excommunicated themselves. They're…...

18+ hour, 51+ min ago  (517+ words) Newly consecrated Society of St. Pius X Bishop Michael Goldade, an American, is seen kissing the ring of Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta during an SSPX liturgical celebration July 1, 2026, in Econe, Switzerland. In a guest editorial this week, Michael Heinleinof OSV…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (294+ words) Pope Leo XIV greets newlyweds after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 3, 2026. The Vatican has released the framework for a fall meeting with the heads of Eastern Catholic Churches and presidents of bishops' conferences,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (573+ words) Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X, preaches a homily during a liturgical celebration of the consecration of new SSPX bishops July 1, 2026, in "c'ne, Switzerland. Six bishops -- four newly consecrated and two who led the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (737+ words) Pope Leo XIV greets visitors from the balcony of the papal Castel Gandolfo residence in Italy July 5, 2026. When the papal coat of arms was hung at the balcony of the papal Castel Gandolfo residence July 5, locals knew that their main…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (186+ words) Frank Cardinal Leo delivers an address at the 46th Annual Cardinal's Dinner Nov. 5, 2025. On June 30, 2026, the Holy See announced that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto, as a member of the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization,…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1188+ words) Newly consecrated Society of St. Pius X bishops are seen at the altar during a liturgical celebration with Bishop Bernard Fellay of SSPX, right, on July 1, 2026, in Econe, Switzerland. The five bishops, along with Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, leading the…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (1194+ words) The Vatican has declared the Society of St. Pius X to be "in schism" after the traditionalist group consecrated four bishops without the papal mandate, marking the most serious rupture in the Church since Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's unauthorized episcopal consecrations…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (302+ words) A new three-part report from an American Christian think tank specializing in championing family, faith and constitutional government communicates the flourishing impacts religion has on physical, mental and social health. Commissioned by the Wheatley Institute of Brigham Young University (BYU)…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1111+ words) As preparations begin for the 1, 500th anniversary of the founding of Italy's Monte Cassino, the mother abbey of Western monasticism established by St. Benedict in 529, the Benedictine Confederation has launched a new website designed to'connect'pilgrims, visitors and spiritual seekers with monasteries…...