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24/06/2026

Leo XIV sends Archbishop Gallagher to Kaunas for Lithuania’s ecclesiastical centenary

The Vatican’s foreign minister will represent the Pope on 27 June as Lithuania marks one hundred years since the establishment of its ecclesiastica...

24/06/2026

The traditionalist contradiction: they profess obedience, then consecrate bishops without a papal mandate

Menzingen publishes a 154-paragraph creed proclaiming filial obedience to the Roman Pontiff. Seven days later, at Ecône, it will consecrate bishops...

24/06/2026

Leo XIV celebrates the Vatican Publishing House: 92 years in the making, eight to forget

Between missed opportunities, established authors and a market moving elsewhere: criticism of the team that has led the Vatican publishing house.

23/06/2026

Rome blocks German bishops’ bid to let lay people preach at Mass

The Dicastery for Divine Worship has rejected the German bishops’ request: preaching at Mass is bound up with the Sacrament of Holy Orders and cann...

22/06/2026

Consistory: twenty working groups, confidentiality - and the ‘traditionalist’ campaign against Leo XIV

The Pope will bring the cardinals together on 26 and 27 June for four sessions on the Gospel, peace, the common good and the synodal journey. While...

18/06/2026

Leo XIV to ROACO: while you generate life, others sow death

At the 99th Plenary Assembly of ROACO, the Pope recalled the mission of Catholic aid agencies for the East: to form, support and preserve communiti...

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