In Lampedusa on July 4, Pope Leo urges Christians to provide safe harbor to migrants
Lampedusa has for years been one of the main gateways to Europe for migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Tunisia and Libya, a journey that has claimed thousands of lives.
Read: Pope Leo’s message to the United States on its 250th anniversary
Pope Leo delivered his message upon receiving the Liberty Medal from the National Constitutional Center on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.
Starting over from scratch
A Reflection for Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
‘Diversity doesn’t diminish us’: A visit to Lady Liberty as the Supreme Court rules on birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court birthplace citizenship decision was reassuring, but these days it does not feel particularly safe in America to be of immigrant stock.
A pilgrimage to the Statue of Liberty honors immigrants past and present
The Paulist Fathers organized the pilgrimage on July 1, dubbed the “America 250 Pilgrimage in Support of Immigrants.” Beginning with a bilingual Mass at Our Lady of Victory Parish near Wall St., the pilgrims made their way on foot towards Battery Park Ferry Terminal.
Analysis: SSPX excommunications show what Pope Leo means by church ‘unity’
What do these decisions tell us about Pope Leo XIV and his understanding both of the SSPX and of the church unity that is central to his papacy?
Is the World Cup distracting Mexico from news of crimes and disappearance?
“I have to disguise myself as a duck, so the president looks at us,” read one sign held up by a demonstrator in a duck costume at a protest led by madres buscadoras, the “mothers who search.”
‘The House of Spirits’: a sumptuous miniseries based on a classic Chilean novel
The series creators deserve credit for deftly compressing Isabelle Allende’s dense, sprawling novel into eight very watchable episodes.
What Pope Leo heard about the death penalty in the U.S. from a leading abolition activist
An interview with Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, the executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network
Vatican provides SSPX priests, lay faithful with procedure to return to Catholic communion after schism
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has established a procedure for both priests and lay faithful connected to the Society of St. Pius X to return to Catholic communion, following the society’s schismatic act July 1. The instructions are being transmitted through apostolic nunciatures, as previously announced in the Explanatory Note published by the dicastery on July 2. The procedure set out by the DDF, beginning on July 1, 2026, provides that a priest who has decided to leave the Society of St. Pius X — and who is willing to accept the…
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