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Apostolic vicariate in Rome dedicates its day of arts to Gaza
On Saturday, Feb. 14, the humanitarian situation in Gaza was the focus of a day of the arts at the apostolic vicariate in Rome. In the halls of the Lateran …
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Catholic priest who was abducted in Cameroon appointed auxiliary bishop
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father John Berinyuy Tatah, who was among six Catholic priests abducted in Cameroon’s Bamenda Archdiocese on Nov. 15, 2025, and later released, as auxiliary bishop …
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Archbishop Shevchuk Praises His Flock: ‘We Hope Because We Are Christians’
His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk meets with Pope Leo XIV on Feb. 12, 2026, at the Vatican. The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church discusses his country and Church after …
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Pope appoints Catholic Harvard professor to Vatican social sciences academy
Pope Leo XIV has appointed a Harvard University epidemiology professor and director of the Human Flourishing Program to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Tyler J. VanderWeele, a Catholic, is …
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Pope appoints Catholic Harvard professor to Vatican social sciences academy
Pope Leo XIV has appointed a Harvard University epidemiology professor and director of the Human Flourishing Program to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Tyler J. VanderWeele, a Catholic, is …
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Pope Leo XIV Tells Opus Dei No Decision Yet on Revised Statutes
Pope Leo XIV receives Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, the prelate of Opus Dei, at the Vatican on Feb. 16, 2026. Pope Francis moved the prelature’s Vatican oversight from the office for …
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Pope Leo XIV tells Opus Dei no decision yet on revised statutes
Pope Leo XIV told the prelate of Opus Dei on Feb. 16 that “the process of updating Opus Dei’s statutes continues in its study phase and that no publication date …
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Pope Leo XIV: ‘All Lives Are Not Equally Respected’ Amid War and Inequality in Health Care
Pope Leo XIV greets members of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Vatican on Feb. 16, 2026. The Pope told the Pontifical Academy for Life it is hypocritical to …
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DC Bishop: Catholics Should ‘Get the Facts’ on Immigration, Church Teachings
L to R: Jackie Aldrette, Mario Russell, Ashley Feasley and Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala of Washington, D.C., sit down for panel on immigration at the New York Encounter on Feb. …
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Pope Leo XIV: ‘All lives are not equally respected’ amid war and inequality
Pope Leo XIV on Monday warned that modern conflicts and widening social disparities are eroding respect for human life and equal access to health care, telling members of the Pontifical …