Lefebvrians opt for schism leading to excommunication and reject Vatican offer

Feb 21, 2026 11:33

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Superior General of the Society, Father Davide Pagliarani Photo: COPE

Causes of Saints•Dicasteries•Liturgy and Divine Worship

From Oxford to the Catholic Liturgical Calendar: Vatican gives St. John Henry Newman a place in the Catholic Church’s daily prayer

October 9 was chosen deliberately. It marks the anniversary of Newman’s conversion to Catholicism in 1845, a turning point that reshaped not only his own life but also the intellectual landscape of English-speaking Catholicism.

Feb 04, 2026 11:06

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV to the Congregation for the Dicastery of the Faith: transmission of the faith, proclamation without protagonism or particularism, and justice, truth, and charity in accusations of abuse

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Jan 29, 2026 18:14

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Local Church

The Catholic Church’s Mission Territories Continue to Grow: Here Is the Data

Currently, there are 1,132 mission territories, which depend on the Dicastery for Evangelization of the Holy See, formerly the Propaganda Fide or Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Jan 23, 2026 18:13

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Liturgy and Divine Worship

This is the controversial text (in English) on the liturgy that was given to the cardinals at the first consistory of Leo XIV

The text by Cardinal Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, is intended to serve as a basis for subsequent discussion

Jan 13, 2026 19:20

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Local Church

When Rome Says “You Are Big Enough”: Accra’s Archbishop Calls for Self-Reliance

His words capture a wider dilemma facing the Catholic Church in parts of Africa: how to reconcile growth, urban scale and economic indicators with fragile parish finances, shifting religious loyalties and ambitious social projects

Jan 13, 2026 19:01

ZENIT Staff

From Africa to Spain via Monaco: this is Leo XIV’s global travel schedule for 2026

The schedule outlines three distinct journeys: a ten-day pilgrimage across four African nations, a one-day visit to Monaco, and a six-day trip to Spain that will culminate in the Canary Islands. Together, they form a carefully calibrated map of priorities that blends history, diplomacy, evangelization and social concern.

Did Pope Leo XIV speak out against the Spanish party Vox, which is aligned with the Trump administration?

The episode underscores how quickly nuanced papal language can be refracted through national political debates—and how carefully episcopal conferences now feel compelled to guard the boundary between pastoral guidance and partisan interpretation

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Lefebvrians opt for schism leading to excommunication and reject Vatican offer

Canon Law in a Synodal Key: Vatican Launches Eastern Commission to Revisit the CCEO

Another Woman Appointed to the Dicastery for Bishops. Leo XIV Confirms Other Members

The Lefebvrians’ meeting with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, as told by themselves

Lefebvrists at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican: This Is How the Meeting Went Towards a Canonical Statute for the Fraternity

Pope Leo XIV intervenes in the Pontifical International Marian Academy: these are the new reforms

The Vatican, the Pope, and the situation of the Lefebvrians: an analysis based on the current state of affairs

From Oxford to the Catholic Liturgical Calendar: Vatican gives St. John Henry Newman a place in the Catholic Church’s daily prayer

Leo XIV to the Congregation for the Dicastery of the Faith: transmission of the faith, proclamation without protagonism or particularism, and justice, truth, and charity in accusations of abuse

The Catholic Church’s Mission Territories Continue to Grow: Here Is the Data

This is the controversial text (in English) on the liturgy that was given to the cardinals at the first consistory of Leo XIV

When Rome Says “You Are Big Enough”: Accra’s Archbishop Calls for Self-Reliance