Pope Leo XIV Makes Key Vatican Appointments
VATICAN CITY — This week, Pope Leo XIV continued shaping the leadership of the Roman Curia with several key appointments, concluded an extraordinary consistory with a renewed appeal for peace, and celebrated the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul by calling Christians to become builders of unity. Vaticano Updates Here are this week’s top Vatican […]
SSPX rejects Vatican’s excommunication, calls it ‘objectively’ unjust and invalid
In a letter addressed to Pope Leo XIV, released on July 3, Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the SSPX, justified the episcopal consecrations that prompted the Vatican’s decree. The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), whose members are known as “Lefebvrians,” rejected the recent excommunications decreed by the Vatican after consecrating four bishops without […]
EWTN News explains: As a Catholic, can you attend an SSPX Mass?
The traditionalist group has been declared in schism with the Catholic Church after an illicit “ordination” of bishops. The Vatican this week issued a decree declaring that the bishops involved in the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X’s illicit consecrations have incurred automatic excommunication and that the group is in schism with the Church. The […]
Peter’s Pence collected more than $65.8 million for the pope’s mission in 2025
Almost $50 million was used to support the activities of the Holy See in the service of the Holy Fatherʼs apostolic mission. U.S Catholics contributed 26.1% of the total. Peter’s Pence, the Holy See’s fund that gathers donations for the pope’s charitable works and the needs of the universal Church, closed 2025 with an income […]
Inside the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy: Where the Vatican Trains Its Future Diplomats
ROME — Hidden behind the walls of a historic palace in Rome’s Piazza della Minerva is one of the Holy See’s oldest and least-known institutions. The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy has spent more than three centuries preparing the Holy Father’s diplomatic representatives for service around the world. This year, the academy marks its 325th anniversary, continuing […]
Pope Leo XIV congratulates the U.S. on its 250th anniversary
The pontiffʼs letter stressed religious freedom, the right to life, and the contributions of Catholics and immigrants to American history. Pope Leo XIV celebrated the contributions of Catholics and immigrants to the United States in an open letter to Americans for the country’s 250th anniversary. The letter, dated June 25 and released by the U.S. […]
Pope Leo XIV: Migrants lost at sea are victims of choices made and unmade
Celebrating Mass on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to respond to migration with long-term policies rooted in human dignity. Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass Saturday on the island of Lampedusa, warning that migrants who have died crossing the Mediterranean are “victims both of decisions that were made and of decisions […]
The SSPX Again Says No to the Catholic Church
COMMENTARY: The Society’s answers will always be No, even when the Church first offers Yes. Numerous accounts of the illicit and gravely sinful episcopal ordinations by the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) have termed it a “crisis.” Is it? Not for the SSPX, it would seem. Choosing to ordain four new bishops on the […]
Vatican releases biopic on Pope Leo XIV’s early years in Rome
The Dicastery for Communication released a documentary on July 1 about the then-Robert Prevost’s two decades in the Eternal City. The Vatican has released a new documentary, “Leone a Roma,” about Pope Leo XIV’s early years in Rome before his election to the papacy. Following its previous documentaries, “León de Perú” and “Leo from Chicago,” the documentary premiered […]
Vatican official to Catholic journalists: Be ‘disciples before influencers’
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu reflected on the importance of communicating the truth in a digital age of trends. Editor’s Note: The following is the keynote address delivered by Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, to young Catholic media professionals and guests during the closing dinner of the 2026 EWTN Summer Academy on July […]