Their interpretation can be confusing, says the DDF, and detrimental to ecumenism By Hannah Brockhaus (CNA)/ITV staff Pope Leo celebrates Mass November 3 with an image of Mary in the background. (photo: Grzegorz Galazka) The Vatican’s doctrinal office said Tuesday the titles of “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix” are not appropriate ways to describe Mary’s [...]
During the Mass on the Solemnity of All Saints on November 1, all the culmination of the Jubilee of the World of Education, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a "Doctor of the CHurch" and a Co-Patron, with St. Thomas Aquinas, of education By Alessandro Di Bussolo (Vatican News) The ceremony naming Cardinal [...]
Interview with the first bishop to be consecrated by Pope Leo, Polish Archbishop Miroslaw Wachowski, new papal nuncio to Iraq. He was consecrated on October 26 in Rome By Anna Artymiak On October 26, Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Basilica carried out the episcopal consecration of Miroslaw Stanisław Wachowski, whom Leo [...]
The Holy Father visited Christian-minority Turkey, site of the COuncil of Nicaea 1700 years ago, and Lebanon, where he became the first Pope to pray at the tomb of St. Charbel By Robert Moynihan and Anna Artymiak Iznik, Turkey, November 28, 2025, Ecumenical Prayer Meeting near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of [...]
A practice inaugurated by Pope John Paul II in 1994, all new bishops attend a week-long training course at the Vatican, covering everything from canon law to crisis management to social media use. By Anna Artymiak Inside the Vatican correspondent Anna Artymiak interviewed one of these “baby bishops,” as they are sometimes called – Bishop Ralph [...]
Pope Leo XIV Inaugurates Borgo Laudato Si' at Castel Gandolfo By Linda Bordoni (Vatican News) Pope Leo XIV attends the inauguration of the "Borgo Laudato Si'" Advanced Training Center at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo (Italy), 5 September 2025. Pope Leo XIV on September 5 inaugurated the Laudato si’ Village (Borgo Laudato [...]
Dilexi Te—I have Loved You—says Leo, is a continuation of Dilexit Nos, Francis' encyclical on the heart of Christ By Anna Artymiak Giotto, "The Gift of the Cloak," Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi. The end of September and the beginning of October marked two long-awaited acts of Leo XIV: on September 26, the appointment [...]
Leo XIII condemned it; how will Leo XIV approach it? By Aurelio Porfiri The Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, donated by the French in 1884. At the election of the new American Pontiff, many were struck by his choice of name: Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903) Indeed, the [...]
In his first appointment of a head of a Vatican department, Pope Leo names Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.―who has been serving as Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative texts―as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. By Salvatore Cernuzio (Vatican News) Archbishop Iannone, is a jurist, and canon lawyer with extensive experience in courts, pontifical [...]
Two steps to the left...and one to the right? Leo on synodality, women and the so-called "LGBTQ+" issue, and the liturgy Excerpts from Pope Leo XIV's first lengthy interview The cover of the Spanish version of Elise Ann Allen’s book length interview with Pope Leo XIV. The English version is to be released in 2026. [...]
