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With Rome’s excommunication of the SSPX, one thing is clear: things aren’t clear. While the excommunication has settled the status of (certain members of) the SSPX, what it doesn’t do …

In the July-August issue of Piazza San Pietro, the magazine of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo responded to a letter writer who sought advice on deepening his Christian life during …

Citing Evangelium Vitae, Pope St. John Paul II’s 1995 encyclical letter on the value and inviolability of human life, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops asked Governor Ron DeSantis to …

Those who favor abortion’s legality have long rejected any label that they were pro-abortion. Instead, they maintained that they were “pro-choice” or, alternatively, “pro-women.” That messaging is aligned with bygone …

The Holy See Press Office announced the July 22 consecration of Father Joseph Chang Yanfeng, 42, as bishop of Chifeng, China. Typically, the Holy See Press Office announces a bishop’s …

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, renewed his call for peace and dialogue amid continued fighting in the Iran war and in Ukraine. Cardinal Parolin also …

An earthquake in Huancayo, Peru, destroyed approximately homes and caused severe damage to two churches, including the sixteenth-century Church of St. James the Apostle in Chongos Bajo. “We join in …