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Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass
The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...
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'Hug therapy': How Pope Leo is trying to unify Vatican
Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and ...
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit
Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful. Leo ...
Catholic News Agency18h
U.S. embassy in Rome honors first American-born pope as U.S.-Vatican diplomatic milestone
The U.S. embassy’s annual celebration, held June 30, commemorated the 41st anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between ...
Vatican Publishes a New Mass on Caring for the Environment
The Mass, along with other steps, show Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Catholic Church building on the environmental commitment of ...
Pope Leo XIV revives centuries-old vacation tradition, bringing hope of a tourist boom to Castel Gandolfo
Pope Leo XIV will head to the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo for his summer vacation. After 12 years of papal absence, ...
Pope Leo Returns to Tradition: A Summer Break at a Papal Villa
For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...
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Vatican downplays role of leaked documents on Pope Francis' decision to restrict Latin Mass
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online ...
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Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office
Pope Leo XIV on July 3 appointed two prominent cardinals, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and ...
Pope speaks about childhood and early mornings as an altar boy in unscripted visit with campers
Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff. Leo recalled Thursday that ...
Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis
The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate is getting under way ...