Traditionalist Sects Convene an «Imperfect General Council» with False Bishops to Elect an Antipope

Jul 02, 2026 15:13

ZENIT Staff

Controversies•Dicasteries•Documents

Vatican Explains Consequences of Excommunication of Lefebvrists, Including Invalidity of Sacraments

Explanatory Note from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, regarding the Decree of excommunication for the ordaining bishops and the members of the Society of Saint Pius X who illicitly received ordination without the Pope’s authorization.

Jul 02, 2026 09:11

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Documents

Vatican Releases Excommunication Decree Following Lefebvrists Episcopal Ordinations: Here Is What It Says

Decree of excommunication for the ordaining bishops and the men of the Society of Saint Pius X who have illicitly received ordination without the Pope’s authorization.

Jul 02, 2026 09:09

ZENIT Staff

Euthanasia

Macron will welcome the Pope amid a euthanasia law that is dividing France and being imposed by force

The latest vote, held on June 30, ended with 295 deputies in favor, 232 against and 35 abstentions, capping years of parliamentary debate that has generated more than 1,800 amendments since the proposal first emerged

Jul 02, 2026 08:43

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Good News•Local Church

Salford Diocese unveils restored cathedral for growing congregation in modern age

After more than 175 years, the cathedral was in urgent need of significant restoration to address the longstanding repairs required to its failing stonework and towering infrastructure, whilst meeting the needs of a growing community.

Jul 02, 2026 08:36

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Arizona Legislature Rejects Bill That Would Have Forced Catholic Priests to Break the Seal of Confession

The bill proposed severe penalties for clergy who refused to comply. A first violation would have constituted a Class 6 felony, carrying fines of up to $150,000 and prison sentences of as much as two years. Repeated refusals could have exposed priests to substantially longer terms of imprisonment.

Jul 02, 2026 08:34

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Approves a New Bishop Appointed by the Chinese Government for a Diocese in That Country

The episcopal ordination of Fr Paul Liu Honggang, 56, took place today, the first in over 20 years for this diocese in Shanxi. The appointment was made under the China-Vatican agreement. After the expulsion of the missionaries, a local priest, Father Guo Yingong, kept the faith alive even during the Cultural Revolution.

Pope Leo XIV personally ordered his Dicastery for Communication to stop using works by the former Jesuit Rupnik, according to the bishop of Lourdes

The Vatican quietly removed the images in June, a decision that initially came without an official explanation. Micas’s account now provides an explanation for that change and portrays Leo as having taken a deliberate position on an issue that had become increasingly difficult for the Church to treat simply as a question of artistic preference

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Traditionalist Sects Convene an «Imperfect General Council» with False Bishops to Elect an Antipope

Pope Leo XIV Strengthens Vatican Financial Oversight with Sweeping Reform of Supervisory Authority

The entire Nordic episcopate speaks with one voice: there are no exceptions for being both a Freemason and a Catholic

Armenians oppose the weaponisation of genocide in the war between Netanyahu and Erdoğan

Vatican Extends a Hand and Publishes «Procedures for the Reconciliation of Priests from the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X»

How Can a Layperson Move from the Lefebvrists to Communion with the Catholic Church? Vatican Publishes Procedure

These Are the Ten Countries That Contribute the Most Money to the Pope’s Mission — and the Amounts Contributed

Vatican Explains Consequences of Excommunication of Lefebvrists, Including Invalidity of Sacraments

Vatican Releases Excommunication Decree Following Lefebvrists Episcopal Ordinations: Here Is What It Says

Macron will welcome the Pope amid a euthanasia law that is dividing France and being imposed by force

Salford Diocese unveils restored cathedral for growing congregation in modern age

Arizona Legislature Rejects Bill That Would Have Forced Catholic Priests to Break the Seal of Confession