Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Lunar Year celebrations may “strengthen family ties” and “bring peace to homes and society.”
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Vatican holds firm after SSPX bishops’ ordination threats
In a highly significant move aimed at overcoming the more than 55-year division between the Priestly Society of St. Pius X and the Holy See, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, proposed “a specifically theological dialogue path, with a very precise methodology” to the SSPX to discuss “issues that have not yet been sufficiently clarified” between them.
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St. Pius X Society to ordain new bishops without Vatican approval, risking excommunication
The Priestly Society of St. Pius X, widely known as SSPX, has announced it will ordain bishops without papal permission on July 1, an act that would lead to the automatic excommunication of both the consecrating bishop and the bishop being consecrated.
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‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo warns in major foreign policy speech
“War is back in vogue, and a zeal for war is spreading,” Pope Leo XIV said in a forceful address on Jan. 9 to ambassadors from the 184 countries that have full diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
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Pope Leo says he will hold consistories with the College of Cardinals every year
Leo XIV clearly does not intend to go it alone as pope.
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Pope Leo XIV’s papacy began today
With Pope Leo closing the Holy Door on Jan. 6, marking the end of the Jubilee, a new era in his young pontificate has begun.
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Pope Leo: ‘The good of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over every other consideration.’
In response to a U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, Pope Leo XIV called for nations to respect Venezuela’s sovereignty and to pursue justice and peace.
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Open your hearts to baby Jesus and one another, Pope Leo says on Christmas
In celebrating the morning liturgy publicly, Pope Leo restored a tradition that had lapsed for 30 years.
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Pope Leo on Christmas Eve: To turn away others is to turn away God
“Where there is room for the human person, there is room for God,” the pope said in his homily on Dec. 24 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Pope Leo in Christmas address to Vatican officials asks: ‘Is it possible to be friends in the Roman Curia?’
Mindful that Pope Francis had often used the traditional pre-Christmas address to the Roman Curia to deliver some hard messages, Vatican officials had waited in expectation to see what Pope Leo would say.