3+ day, 45+ min ago   (1236+ words) Study Group 7 says bishops’ visits to Rome should be instruments of missionary conversion, communal discernment, and greater co-responsibility in the Church. VATICAN CITY — For centuries, “ad limina apostolorum” visits — the periodic pilgrimage of diocesan bishops to the tombs of the…...

4+ day, 6+ min ago   (1183+ words) Chad Pecknold, a longtime professor at The Catholic University of America, has begun working for the government agency that oversees immigration enforcement. A prominent Catholic theologian who has previously defended the Trump administration’s immigration policies on theological grounds has joined…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1336+ words) The Pope’s upcoming visit to France following its recent legalization of euthanasia could shape our understanding of how the Leonine pontificate will navigate life issues, in Europe and abroad. One theme lingers in the background of all the major debates…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (526+ words) The bishops argue that strong due process protections are consistent with American principles and good governance in accordance with Catholic teaching....

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (996+ words) Archbishop Andrew Ding Yang’s episcopal ordination is the eighth held during Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, though not all eight bishops were appointed by him....

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (520+ words) A coadjutor bishop serves alongside the current diocesan bishop and succeeds him after his retirement. Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday appointed a coadjutor bishop for the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao, the third bishop nomination for the island of Puerto Rico in…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1063+ words) Bishop Paolo Liu Honggang is the third bishop ordained in China in two months and the sixth episcopal consecration during Leo’s pontificate amid implementation of the Vatican-Beijing agreement. Father Paolo Liu Honggang was ordained bishop of the Diocese of Datong…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (469+ words) The Holy Father was the first pope to travel across the waters of the lake in the 400-year-long history of Castel Gandolfo as a papal summer residence, according to the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV took part in an historic boat…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (473+ words) The Pope urged the assembly to take part in Church life 'in the parish, in associations, and in places of welcome and service.' Pope Leo XIV met with sick and disabled residents of the city of Rimini, Italy on Aug....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (708+ words) During his Angelus on Aug. 23, the pontiff expressed closeness to the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. During his Aug. 23 Angelus address at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV remembered the victims of an Ebola outbreak in the…...