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California Bishop dispenses migrants from Mass obligation due to raid fears

The Bishop of San Bernardino, California, Bishop Alberto Rojas, issued a decree on July 8, 2025, dispensing immigrant faithful from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass until further notice, in light of the “genuine fear” of potential immigration enforcement actions. “There is a real fear gripping many in our parish communities that if they venture […]

Pope to Augustinian sisters: Culture without truth becomes a tool of the powerful

“A culture without truth becomes a tool of the powerful”. Pope Leo XIV gave this consideration during a meeting with the Augustinian Sisters Servants of Jesus and Mary in the Apostolic Palace on July 5. He explained that “instead of freeing consciences, it confuses and distracts them according to the interests of the market, trends […]

Vatican offers new guidance for Synod implementation phase

The General Secretariat of the Synod released “Pathways for the Implementation of the Synod”, which provides “an interpretive key for understanding the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality.” Released on July 07, Pathways for the Implementation Phase of the Synod offers “local Churches throughout the world the world a shared framework that will make it easier […]

Pope Leo to seminarians: Be passionate about priestly life

Seminarians who have come to Rome for the Jubilee are not only pilgrims, but witnesses of hope, who “fuel the flame of hope in the life of the Church”, Pope Leo said on June 24. In a meditation delivered in St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo told seminarians they are called to bear witness “to Christ’s […]

Vatican secretary for protection of minors: ‘Harming a victim is harming the image of God’

Auxiliary Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCTM, by its Italian acronym), contends that instead of a single reparative action, victims of abuse within the Church require “an in-depth process that listens to, welcomes, and accompanies.” Alí Herrera explained that the harm done to such victims […]

Kenyan Bishops urge citizens to ‘remain peaceful, courageous’ amid growing tensions

In a statement issued on 24 June, the Bishops of Kenya said they are seriously concerned about the grave disregard for human life in the country. The statement was released ahead of protests in memory of the victims of last year’s demonstrations against the Finance Law. The Vatican’s Fides news agency reports that the Bishops’ […]

Cardinal Grech meets Patriarch Bartholomew: Let us build bridges

A fraternal meeting—marked by an embrace reminiscent of those often exchanged with Pope Francis—took place on the afternoon of June 17 at the Phanar between Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I and Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod, who is currently in Istanbul for the meeting of the General Secretaries of the Bishops’ […]

Pope Leo confirms election of Fr Francesco Ielpo as new Custos of the Holy Land

Pope Leo XIV has confirmed the election — conducted by the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor together with his Definitory — of the Most Reverend Father Francesco Ielpo, OFM, as Custos of the Holy Land and Guardian of Mount Zion. The Minister General of the Franciscan Order, Friar Massimo Fusarelli, announced the […]