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The Vatican names harming creation a sin against God
49+ min ago (243+ words) Credit: Patrick Jennings | Shutterstock The International Theological Commission’s “Caring for Our Common Home” goes beyond Laudato Si’ by naming environmental destruction a direct offense against the Creator. The document proposes more precise theological language. More than a decade after Laudato…...
Neurodivergent Catholics are a gift to be celebrated
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (105+ words) At the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on April 9, 2002, I stood among the choristers of Westminster Abbey: a ten‑year‑old boy in the national shrine, home to coronations and immediately next to Parliament. Read the full article…...
Pope Leo XIV repeals COVID-era pay cuts to Vatican cardinals
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (202+ words) Pope Francis had instituted the cuts as an austerity measure in 2021. Pope Leo XIV has officially repealed the salary cuts Pope Francis imposed on cardinals and other senior officials working in the Roman Curia. In a decree published by the…...
Pope Leo XIV orders new building for Vatican Library
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (413+ words) Credit: Yuri Turkov | Shutterstock The Holy Father signed a document ordering the construction of a new building inside the Vatican to expand the Apostolic Library and Archives. In the document, the Holy Father noted that there has been a “considerable…...
Is making the sign of the cross found in the Bible?
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (482+ words) Christians have been making the sign of the cross over their bodies for centuries and the practice has roots in the early Church. One of the most distinctive practices of both Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians is the making of…...
Vatican Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (582+ words) Thirty-four dioceses received permission for celebrations in parish churches in 2025 — unchanged from 2024 — with the United States accounting for 24 of the 34 decrees. Thirty-four dioceses received Vatican permission to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass in parish churches in 2025, matching the 2024 total and…...
The Vatican Library
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (496+ words) The growth of the library’s collection and its increasing output of documents have prompted Leo XIV to order the construction of a new building for the Vatican Archives and Library, a testament to the Church’s cultural openness. The Pope inaugurated…...
Pope Leo celebrates his 71st birthday
14+ hour, 16+ min ago (678+ words) (OSV News) — As the first U.S.-born pope marked his birthday, a Catholic scholar told OSV News he sees a potential shift toward more positive views of Catholicism in the U.S. compared to the past two decades. Pope Leo XIV…...
Georg May turns one hundred: the historic canonist critical of the post-conciliar drift – INFOVATICANA
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (846+ words) by INFOVATICANA | September 15, 2026 The German priest and canonist Georg May has turned one hundred this September 14. A professor for more than three decades at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, May is one of the historic figures of traditional German Catholicism…...
This saint should be respected beyond simply being ‘the great name-caller’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (418+ words) Celebrities run the risk of imprisonment in their persona. No matter what they do, people already know how to frame the story. Their friends may accentuate the positive, their enemies the negative. But friend and foe alike will highlight the…...