Pope Leo XIV brings spiritual exercises back to the Apostolic Palace: they will be preached by a Norwegian monk (and bishop)

Feb 05, 2026 17:40

Valentina di Giorgio

Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, a Cistercian of the Strict Observance (Trappist) Photo: Carlos Mira

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church

Analysis Opinion•Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

Cardinals, the first consistory of Leo XIV, and Cardinal Zen’s public objections

For now, Leo XIV appears content to listen, to slow the pace, and to allow ideas championed under his predecessor either to mature organically or quietly recede

Jan 22, 2026 19:51

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Cardinals and Bishops•Justice and Peace

Is it morally acceptable for the military to disobey Trump if he orders an invasion of Greenland? Response from the former president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops

Speaking to the BBC on January 18, the archbishop was blunt. He said he could see no scenario in which a U.S. military action to take control of Greenland—or the territory of any allied nation—would satisfy the classical Catholic criteria for a just war

Jan 21, 2026 18:06

Elizabeth Owens

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of bishop whom Pope Francis appointed cardinal, but who “did not want” to receive the appointment

The resignation of Bishop Syukur does not come out of nowhere. It is the latest chapter in a sequence of events that has raised questions both in Indonesia and beyond

Jan 20, 2026 18:37

Valentina di Giorgio

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

The German bishop who brought the local Catholic Church to the brink of schism announces that he will not seek re-election

Bätzing leaves behind a Church that is, by many measures, more fragmented than when he took office, though few observers would place the responsibility solely on his shoulders

Jan 20, 2026 18:08

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Analysis Opinion•Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Three US cardinals open battle against Donald Trump

Their appeal comes as Washington faces criticism on multiple fronts: a controversial U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the removal and prosecution of President Nicolás Maduro; renewed threats to take control of Greenland, a resource-rich, semi-autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and a NATO ally

Jan 20, 2026 17:53

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Reflections of Pope Leo XIV on the art of Christian education

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life

Pope Leo XIV Opens the Vatican Doors to the Only Orthodox Apostolate Accompanying Homosexual People to Live in Chastity

Members of Courage are men and women who experience same-sex attraction and who, inspired by the Gospel’s call to holiness and the Church’s beautiful teachings on the good and end of human sexuality, have freely chosen to live in chastity.

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Pope Leo XIV brings spiritual exercises back to the Apostolic Palace: they will be preached by a Norwegian monk (and bishop)

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Cardinals, the first consistory of Leo XIV, and Cardinal Zen’s public objections

Is it morally acceptable for the military to disobey Trump if he orders an invasion of Greenland? Response from the former president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops

Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of bishop whom Pope Francis appointed cardinal, but who “did not want” to receive the appointment

The German bishop who brought the local Catholic Church to the brink of schism announces that he will not seek re-election

Three US cardinals open battle against Donald Trump