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Pope Leo XIV received a group of bishops associated with the Focolare Movement in a private audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace Photo: Vatican Media

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Bishop Who Disappeared Under the Nicaraguan Dictatorship Reappears on Camera, but Questions Mount

The video surfaced shortly after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to expand protective measures for Mata and four people associated with him, describing the situation as one of extreme gravity and a potential risk of irreparable harm

Cardinals and Bishops•Gender Ideology•Local Church•Priests

German priests loyal to the Pope respond to their own bishop (and cardinal), who is pressuring them to bless same-sex couples in a major diocese

Twenty-six priests have written to Cardinal Reinhard Marx challenging his recommendation that Germany’s national guidelines for blessing couples in irregular situations, including same-sex couples, be implemented in the archdiocese. If the cardinal’s response does not resolve their concerns, the priests say they may ask the Holy See for an official clarification

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Vatican Diplomacy

Cardinal Zuppi’s New Visit to Ukraine: The Pope’s Special Envoy Visits Russian Prisoners, Many of Whom Are Catholic

On July 14, Zuppi, the Archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, began a four-day visit to Ukraine by travelling to Zakhid-1, a detention facility in the Lviv region, accompanied by the Apostolic Nuncio, Visvaldas Kulbokas, and Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash