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Bishop Barron weighs in on ‘untenable’ situation in Minnesota
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, commented on the “untenable” situation in the state. “As a resident of Minnesota and as bishop of the Diocese of...
Pope proclaims Year of Saint Francis, with special plenary indulgences
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a Year of Saint Francis to mark the 800th anniversary of the death of the beloved saint. The year began on January 10, 2026, and will conclude on January 10, 2027, the...New Philippine bishop said he wished the Church would ‘come up with a reasonable teaching’ on contraception
Pope Leo has appointed Father Cyril Villareal, a priest of the Archdiocese of Capiz in the Philippines, as the bishop of Kalibo. Born in 1974 and ordained to the priesthood in 2001, Father...Cardinal Fernández, DDF prefect, warns against lack of intellectual humility
The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith called for intellectual humility at the opening of the dicastery’s plenary session and linked the lack of such humility to the...SSPX to ordain new bishops
The superior general of the Society of Saint Pius X announced today that the Society’s bishops will consecrate new bishops on July 1. Last August, Father Davide Pagliarani, the...Former Irish president says infant baptism violates human rights
Mary McAleese, Ireland’s president from 1997 to 2011, described infant baptism as “a long-standing, systemic and overlooked severe restriction on children’s rights with regard to religion.”Writing in Ireland’s leading newspaper, McAleese charged that infant baptism violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).
Pope Leo warns of dangers of AI, emphasizes dignity of human faces, voices
In his message for World Communications Day, Pope Leo XIV spoke of the dignity of the human face and the human voice, warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), and called for...Pope names canonist as #2 official of Dicastery for the Clergy
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli of Gorizia, Italy, as the secretary, or second-ranking official, of the Dicastery for the Clergy. Archbishop Redaelli succeeds...Archbishop Broglio says it would be ‘morally acceptable’ for troops to refuse Greenland conquest orders
The head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services said that he “cannot see any circumstances” in which an American conquest of Greenland would fulfill just-war criteria.“I am obviously worried, because they [Catholic troops] could be put in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something which is morally questionable,” said Archbishop Timothy Broglio. “And it would be very difficult for a soldier or a Marine or a sailor by himself to disobey an order such as that.”
“But strictly speaking, he or she, within the realm of their own conscience, it would be morally acceptable to disobey that order,” Archbishop Broglio added. “But that’s perhaps putting that individual in an untenable situation, and that’s my concern.”
