Pope Leo XIV Asks Religious Superiors to Rotate in Positions of Authority

Nov 18, 2025 09:42

Rafael Llanes

The Holy Father received the members of CISM in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace Photo: Vatican Media

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

This is what the study says, which shows a growing wave of anti-Christian persecution in Europe

The Vienna-based observatory has documented 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes committed in 2024, a figure assembled by triangulating police data, OSCE/ODIHR reports, and its own independent research to avoid duplications

Nov 17, 2025 17:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

The percentage of people who consider religion important in their lives is falling, according to a US study

According to Gallup’s latest findings, fewer than half of Americans—49 percent—say religion remains important to their daily lives. Ten years ago, that figure stood at 66 percent

Nov 17, 2025 17:32

Tim Daniels

Local Church

After 500 years, Dublin officially has a cathedral approved by Pope Leo XIV

Archbishop Farrell told worshippers that the Pope had responded “with great joy” to his request, submitted as part of the bicentenary celebrations. By removing the “Pro” designation, León XIV not only stabilized the cathedral’s canonical identity but also placed a symbolic cornerstone at the center of a city undergoing rapid change

Nov 17, 2025 17:28

Elizabeth Owens

Good News•Holy Land

Archaeologists Identify the Site Where Jesus Exorcised the Legion of Demons and the Herd of Pigs

Beyond the archaeologist’s interpretation of the biblical passage, Christian tradition already pointed to Kursi as the site of the miracle, reflected in the ruins of a 5th-century Byzantine Basilica, known as the «Chapel of the Miracle,» on the hill overlooking the port. Some scholars see the representation of pigs in the remains of its mosaic.

Nov 17, 2025 17:25

Rafael Llanes

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Local Church

Pope Leo XIV would grant dispensations to return to celebrating Mass in Latin, according to the Papal Nuncio in the United Kingdom

According to information shared privately with bishops in England and Wales, León XIV appears inclined neither to undo the liturgical reforms advanced by Francis nor to enforce them with the same rigor. What is taking shape instead is a policy of pragmatic leniency.

Nov 16, 2025 21:02

Elizabeth Owens

Pope Leo XIV Speaks Again About Trump and the War (and It Is Announced That the Pope Will Carry the Cross Throughout the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday)

Referring indirectly to geopolitical developments, including statements by Donald Trump about ending ongoing conflicts, Leo expressed cautious hope that political leaders might be seeking “a way out” of violence

Pope Leo XIV Reverses Another Decision of Pope Francis: World Children’s Day Cancelled in Rome

All initiatives aimed at children’s ministry may be celebrated, at the discretion of the Bishops, at the diocesan or parish level.

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Pope Leo XIV Asks Religious Superiors to Rotate in Positions of Authority

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This is what the study says, which shows a growing wave of anti-Christian persecution in Europe

The percentage of people who consider religion important in their lives is falling, according to a US study

After 500 years, Dublin officially has a cathedral approved by Pope Leo XIV

Archaeologists Identify the Site Where Jesus Exorcised the Legion of Demons and the Herd of Pigs

Pope Leo XIV would grant dispensations to return to celebrating Mass in Latin, according to the Papal Nuncio in the United Kingdom