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Pope provides for expansion of Vatican Archive and Library
Pope Leo XIV issued a chirograph, “Il notevole incremento,” that provides for the expansion of the Vatican Apostolic Archive and the Vatican Apostolic Library. Citing the...Auschwitz survivor, midwives meet with Pontiff
At the conclusion of his September 16 general audience, Pope Leo XIV met with an Auschwitz survivor, 70 midwives, and Bishop Krzysztof Nykiel, regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary.“I was born in the Auschwitz camp on December 20, 1944, thanks to the Servant of God Stanisława Leszczyńska, the Polish midwife who, during her imprisonment in the Nazi concentration camp, assisted about 3,000 women in childbirth,” said Ewa Machaj-Antosiewicz.
“This pilgrimage to Rome is to thank the Lord for giving us a figure like the Servant of God Stanisława, on the 130th anniversary of her birth, and for the good she poured out in favor of life, saving our little ones,” said Bishop Nykiel, the postulator of Leszczyńska’s canonization cause. He recalled that when Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor at Auschwitz, asked her to kill all the newborns in the camp, she replied, “One cannot kill a baby.”
Vatican diplomat calls on companies, investors to combat slavery, human trafficking
A Vatican diplomat called on companies and investors to combat slavery and human trafficking. “New forms of slavery are fueled by economic chains and digital infrastructures,” warned...Founder of Institute of the Incarnate Word found guilty of abuse
The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life announced that a penal tribunal, as well as an appeals tribunal, found Father Carlos Miguel Buela (1941-2023) guilty of “acts constituting an offense against the sixth commandment, committed with violence against several people.”The late Argentine priest founded the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) and the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará (SSVM); both institutes are now led by pontifical delegates. Some 20 former seminarians accused him of abuse.
Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 9: prelates discuss young people and the discovery of the vocation to marriage
On October 9—the second full day of the weeklong extraordinary Vatican meeting devoted to Amoris Laetitia—the presidents of the world’s episcopal conferences and the heads of the...Court rules ex-teacher in same-sex marriage may sue Pennsylvania diocese
A federal district court judge declined to dismiss an ex-teacher’s discrimination lawsuit against the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The Aquinas Academy, a Catholic school in Greensburg, fired a Lutheran sixth-grade teacher after learning that he was in a same-sex marriage. Judge Nicholas Ranjan, appointed to the bench by President Donald Trump, ruled that “Congress clearly intended for Title VII’s religious exemptions not to apply to religiously motivated sex discrimination.”
Pope Leo, in France, calls for respect for right to life, ban on nuclear weapons
Following his arrival in Paris today—the first day of his apostolic journey to France—Pope Leo XIV traveled to Élysée Palace, where he paid a courtesy visit to President...Kentucky priest resigns amid allegations he mishandled assault complaint
A priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, resigned from his parish after a former janitor alleged in a lawsuit that he dismissed claims she was being assaulted by her lay supervisor at the parish.The woman alleged in her lawsuit that Father David Sanchez said he was “very good friends” with the supervisor, that she was “lying about her claims,” and that “her family would be threatened” if she reported the alleged incidents.
Archbishop Shelton Fabre placed Father Sanchez on administrative leave.
Dates announced for 2028 International Eucharistic Congress
The 54th International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Sydney, Australia, from September 24 to October 1, 2028.The most recent international Eucharistic congresses took place in Cebu City, Philippines (2016); Budapest, Hungary (2021); and Quito, Ecuador (2024). Sydney also hosted the 29th International Eucharistic Congress in 1928.
Australian court releases video of Bishop Saunders grooming a young male
An Australian court released a deeply disturbing video of Bishop Christopher Saunders grooming a young man.Police installed cameras in the prelate’s home during a four-year investigation into allegations against him.
The retired bishop of Broome was convicted last month on one count of sexual penetration and 12 counts of indecent assault. He is now in a maximum security prison awaiting sentencing.
