Pope Leo appoints heterodox consultants to Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Pope Leo XIV confirmed a line of nominations consistent with those made under Pope Francis.
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Gaetano Masciullo
Sicilian bishops meet with LGBT groups, urge Catholics to ‘move beyond closed attitudes’
In the official statement of the Sicilian Bishops’ Conference, the meeting with LGBT-identifying Christians is placed under the implementation of Italy’s synodal synthesis document.
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Madrid seminary denies pro-LGBT training program, but InfoVaticana stands by report
The Archdiocese of Madrid has previously attracted attention for initiatives involving pro-LGBT group CRISMHOM.
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Pope Leo XIV invokes Leo XIII as early champion of ecumenism
While Leo XIII’s push for Christian unity calls on adherence to Catholic doctrine and papal primacy, Leo XIV emphasizes an approach of ‘legitimate diversity’ rooted in the Nicene Creed.
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Cardinal Burke calls Vatican consistory ‘important beginning’ but urges better organization
The American cardinal said Pope Leo XIV’s first extraordinary consistory marked positive progress yet lacked robust debate and adequate preparation.
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Pope Leo XIV to return Holy Thursday liturgy to Lateran Basilica after Francis-era break
After a decade-long break under Francis, Pope Leo will preside over the Mass of the Lord’s Supper and the traditional foot-washing rite in Rome’s cathedral church.
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Bishop Schneider asks Pope Leo XIV for authoritative document to protect Latin Mass
Bishop Athanasius Schneider suggested Pope Leo pen an apostolic constitution to ensure long-term legal stability for the Traditional Latin Mass and establish liturgical peace.
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Pope Leo praises Italy’s top progressive newspaper on its 50th anniversary
La Repubblica has historically promoted secular and progressive positions often at odds with Catholic moral and doctrinal teaching.
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Senior Vatican diplomat calls for ban on surrogacy
'Surrogacy violates the dignity of both the child, reduced to a product, and the mother, whose body and generative process are instrumentalized,' said Archbishop Paul Gallagher.
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Italian bishops’ newspaper appears to defend gender ‘transitions’ for minors
The Avvenire article aligns with pro-LGBT language, promoting ‘accompaniment’ of supposedly transgender youth without reaffirming Church teaching on human nature.
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