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Lebanon celebrates historic beatification of Maronite Patriarch Elias Hoyek
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (737+ words) July 27, 2026 ACI MENA News Briefs 0 Print In the historic, spiritual, and national event, Lebanon celebrated Patriarch Hoyek’s beatification on Saturday marking an extraordinary moment for both the Maronite Church and the Lebanese nation. The Maronite Catholic Church gathered on the…...
[Catholic Caucus] Spanish cardinal says post-Vatican II liturgical reforms have turned Masses into ‘parody’
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (381+ words) Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, the archbishop emeritus of Madrid, said during an interview this week that rampant liturgical abuses since the Second Vatican Council have turned the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass into a “parody.” While discussing the sacred…...
Pope Leo appoints two US bishops as members of Vatican's highest court
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (288+ words) ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has named two American bishops as members of the Vatican’s highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. The bishops, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Edward M. Lohse of…...
Synod issues resources for local Church assemblies | ICN
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (506+ words) Synod General Assembly, Paul VI Hall. Oct 2024 The General Secretariat of the Synod has published a new resource to help Dioceses prepare their evaluation Assemblies, which will conclude the local stage of the Synod's implementation process. Entitled 'Recollecting: Accompanying the…...
Cardinal Varela: Church cannot compromise on sacramental authority
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (420+ words) Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, has said the Church cannot bow on sacramental issues in light of tensions between Rome and the German Synodal Way. The comments came as a new lay movement in Germany called…...
Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn’t want you to be couch potatoes
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (559+ words) ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness.” “Jesus doesn’t want you to be ‘young couch potatoes,…...
Pope Leo takes road trip to mountainside shrines during his summer vacation
4+ hour, 53+ min ago (687+ words) By Courtney Mares, OSV News ROME OSV News – Pope Leo XIV took a road trip pilgrimage with his older brother to the scenic mountainside Sanctuary of the Most Holy Trinity in Vallepietra July 22 before stopping to pray in the Holy…...
Catholic Communicators in AMECEA Urged to Advance Association’s Plenary Assembly Resolutions at SIGNIS World Congress
5+ hour, 24+ min ago (526+ words) Nairobi, 27 July, 2026 / 8:45 PM Catholic communicators in the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) have been challenged to use the upcoming SIGNIS World Congress in Rwanda as an opportunity to advance the resolutions of the association’s just concluded…...
Read: Saints Joachim and Anne | Divine Trust in the Darkest Moments by Emma Rose Fisher
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (516+ words) Diocese of Lansing Read: Saints Joachim and Anne | Divine Trust in the Darkest Moments by Emma Rose Fisher The Feast of Our Lord’s grandparents, Saints Joachim and Anne, is ordinarily celebrated July 26 but, this year, it was superseded by yesterday’s…...
5 years after Pope Francis’ Latin Mass restrictions, traditionalist Catholics reflect on ‘Traditionis Custodes’
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (1663+ words) (OSV News) — Five years after its release, a papal document on the preconciliar form of the Mass, commonly called the “traditional Latin Mass” and abbreviated as the “TLM,” continues to prompt reflection and debate — with the Holy See’s recent excommunication…...