Dicasteries•Vatican City

Vatican renounces exclusive use of Latin: new regulations allow proceedings in other languages

In a formulation that may sound modest but carries immense cultural weight, the new regulations state that curial institutions “shall ordinarily draw up their acts in Latin or in another language.”

Nov 28, 2025 22:33

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Local Church•Pope Francis•Pope Leo XIV•Rome

Pope Leo XIV reverses Pope Francis’ decision regarding the organization of the Diocese of Rome

Leo XIV acknowledges Francis’ intentions without contesting their validity. But he suggests that the Holy Year provided something the earlier reform could not foresee: a lived demonstration of the center’s pastoral coherence

Nov 28, 2025 22:30

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Vatican City•Woman

Pope Leo XIV corrects Pope Francis’ canonical error: now any woman (or lay person) can be governor of the Vatican

The correction may look like a technical revision, but its reach extends far beyond the pages of the Fundamental Law. It clarifies, regularizes and ultimately stabilizes one of the most symbolically significant decisions of Pope Francis’s final years in office: the appointment of Sister Raffaella Petrini as President of the Vatican City State’s administration

Nov 23, 2025 12:13

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Pope Leo XIV

Migration in the US, persecution of Christians, visit to Latin America, and even tennis: this is what the Pope told journalists

Tuesdays have quietly become his weekly retreat from the unrelenting pace of Rome, but the pause in the papal rhythm opened into a conversation with reporters — a dialogue that spanned war, migration, terrorism, and even tennis

Nov 19, 2025 17:09

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Jubilee 2025

There have already been 30 million pilgrims so far during the Jubilee: now all eyes are on the Jubilee of the Resurrection in 2033

The next great horizon is already visible: the Holy Year of 2033, the bimillennium of Christ’s Paschal mystery — His death and resurrection — which will mark 2,000 years since the dawn of Christianity itself

Nov 13, 2025 13:36

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Church and World•Pope Leo XIV

This is what Pope Leo XIV said about Rupnik, the situation in Venezuela, and the religious freedom rights of migrants in the USA

The Pope unfolded a conversation that ranged across continents and crises, touching on Venezuela, the Middle East, the United States, and even the dignity of workers. It was an impromptu dialogue, but one that revealed once again the pontiff’s instinct to read the signs of the times with moral precision and pastoral realism

Nov 05, 2025 10:16

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Dicasteries•Vatican City

Journalist slanders Cardinal Becciu and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints: Vatican court finds him guilty

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, which supervises the Church’s complex processes of beatification and canonization, reacted swiftly to the judgment, describing it as a “necessary act of justice.”

Oct 31, 2025 18:08

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Pope Leo XIV

This is how Pope Leo XIV’s first “synodal meeting” went: this is what he was asked and what he answered

In his words, synodality is not about meetings and documents, but about learning to walk together again — clergy and laity, men and women, rich and poor. “Sometimes,” he reflected, “resistance comes from fear or from ignorance. Not everyone runs at the same speed, and we must be patient with one another. If a few rush ahead and leave many behind, communion is broken

Oct 28, 2025 20:01

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Causes of Saints•Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV to publish new document on Catholic education and declare Newman co-patron of Catholic education

One of the most symbolic gestures accompanying this new phase is the Pope’s decision to name Saint John Henry Newman as co-patron of Catholic education, alongside Saint Thomas Aquinas

Oct 24, 2025 12:15

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Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Vatican Task Force Moves Forward on Defining “Spiritual Abuse” in Canon Law as Leadership Confirmed

In a communiqué dated October 14, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the DDF, reported that the group “has been working fruitfully” and requested that Iannone be confirmed as its leader “in order to maintain the consistency and momentum of the effort.”

Oct 22, 2025 22:01

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Rome•Vatican City

The Vatican will host the Fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements: we explain what it is all about

On October 23, Pope Leo XIV will meet the participants in the Paul VI Hall, continuing the dialogue opened by Pope Francis more than a decade ago. For many, this encounter symbolizes the continuity of a pastoral vision that places the Church squarely within the struggles of the poor and the working class

Oct 19, 2025 12:05

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Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Rupnik case: proceedings move forward with the Vatican appointing five judges

The tribunal’s composition suggests a deliberate attempt to move beyond the closed clerical circles often accused of shielding perpetrators. All five judges are Europeans, which may facilitate logistical coordination but also invites scrutiny of whether cultural proximity could shape the tribunal’s approach.

Oct 14, 2025 17:20

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