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LGBTQ pilgrimage brings controversy to Vatican basilica
More than 1,000 people marched through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s basilica on September 6, in what organizers described as an LGBTQ Jubilee pilgrimage. The participants sparked outrage...
‘Bullet-dodging bishop’ ministers in ‘hijacked’ Mexican state
Bishop José de Jesus González of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, described by Aid to the Church in Need as a “bullet-dodging bishop,” spoke about his ministry in the Mexican state of Guerrero, which he said has been “hijacked” by organized crime.The Church is “the only voice that can speak for the people,” he said. “If we are not brave, the people cry, and God weeps.”
“If [Jesus] died for the love of me, then I must be willing to die for the love of others,” the prelate added. “Prayer makes us brave to enter the fray.”
Cardinal Müller speaks bluntly on Charlie Kirk, LGBT pilgrimage, migration, woke ideology
“As a dogmatic theologian I don’t want to be diplomatic,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller told journalist Diane Montagna. “The Catholic Church must proclaim the truth but also...Papal interview touches on homosexuality, Gaza, TLM, China, and more
On September 18, the Crux news agency released five excerpts from the July interviews between senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen and Pope Leo XIV. The interviews provided the material for her...Idaho Courage chaplain arrested for sexual battery
Bishop Peter Christensen of Boise, Idaho, announced the arrest of Father Robert Mendez, a priest who ministers in Nampa, on charges of sexual battery of a minor. The alleged incident took place on August 14.The arrest took place less than two years after the bishop established a diocesan chapter of the Courage apostolate and named Father Mendez its chaplain. The apostolate seeks to minister, in a manner faithful to Church teaching, to persons who experience same-sex attractions.
Cardinal Grech renews Synod’s call for greater participation of women in Church leadership
In a September 4 address to a Mariological conference, Cardinal Mario Grech, appointed secretary general of the Synod of Bishops in 2020, renewed the synod on synodality’s call for greater...‘DEI means God,’ US bishop writes in critique of Trump administration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published “DEI Means God,” a reflection by Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell of Washington.The prelate wrote, “The current government administration that we have is working to separate us from one another, not just migrants, but many, especially people of color, who have been denied for far too long, equal opportunities in education, social recognition, and economic growth, truly denying the DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN BEING!”
“This administration wants to erase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the American conscience,” Bishop Campbell continued. “However, just think about the letters, DEI. DEI, Dei means God in Latin.”
After stating that “God is Diversity,” “God is Equity,” and “God is Inclusion,” the prelate wrote that “DEI to me means that God is always working among us and through us for the eternal life of each of us.’
Update (9/15/25): See “USCCB removes Bishop Campbell’s ‘DEI means God’ essay from website.”
Pontifical academy president sees ‘great thirst’ to understand the Blessed Virgin Mary
The president of the Pontifical International Marian Academy sees a “great thirst in the world to better understand the Virgin Mary,” Vatican News reported, as the academy hosted the 26th International Mariological Marian Congress.The “key” that opens the path of the new evangelization “is precisely the figure of Mary,” said Father Stefano Cecchin, OFM. “ She is the glorious Mother of God, exalted Queen of heaven and earth. But to achieve that reality, she was a true woman and therefore a model for humanity.”
“We must rediscover a Mary who is a friend, a Mary who is a companion, a Mary who truly and fully lived her human life,” he added. “Mary, a friend who walks with you because she desires—we have a fabulous example at the wedding at Cana—that you have good wine, an image of love, an image of the fulfillment of your life.”
Leading German bishop, Pope Leo discuss ‘many topics’
Pope Leo XIV received the president of the German Bishops’ Conference on September 4.“I am grateful for today’s meeting with Pope Leo XIV and the good and meaningful conversation we were able to have,” said Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg. “Before he was elected Pope, I had the privilege of meeting the Holy Father several times ... And now, too, I experienced him as an attentive listener and interested pastor.”
“We discussed many topics, about which I will inform the Plenary Assembly of the German Bishops’ Conference in Fulda in a few weeks,” the prelate continued. “I am very happy that Pope Leo XIV is accompanying the Church in Germany with confidence.”
