EWTN News explains: As a Catholic, can you attend an SSPX Mass?
The Vatican this week issued a decree declaring that the bishops involved in the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X’s illicit consecrations have incurred automatic excommunication and that the group…
How the American Revolution changed the future of Catholics in America
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the nation’s founding offers a reminder that one of the beneficiaries of the American Revolution was a religious minority once…
2 SSPX bishops hold dubious distinction of being excommunicated twice
Two bishops of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) — Spaniard Alfonso de Galarreta and Swiss Bernard Fellay — incurred automatic excommunication by committing the canonical offense of schism…
Vatican official to Catholic journalists: Be ‘disciples before influencers’
Editor’s Note: The following is the keynote address delivered by Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, to young Catholic media professionals and guests during the closing dinner…
Pope Leo XIV to spend July 4 with migrants on Italian island of Lampedusa
Pope Leo XIV will follow in his predecessor Pope Francis’ footsteps with a visit to a major migrant landing point, the Italian island of Lampedusa, on July 4. Continuing his…
Vatican releases biopic on Pope Leo XIV’s early years in Rome
The Vatican has released a new documentary, “Leone a Roma,” about Pope Leo XIV’s early years in Rome before his election to the papacy. Following its previous documentaries, “León de…
Vatican formally notifies SSPX bishops of excommunication
One day after the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four bishops without the permission of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican issued a decree declaring the excommunication of…
Parolin: SSPX ordinations are ‘schismatic’
ROME — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said Wednesday that the episcopal ordinations carried out earlier in the day without papal mandate by the Society of St. Pius…
Vatican begins 5-year, 5-million-euro restoration of Renaissance frescoes in Hall of Raphael
The Vatican Museums has launched an ambitious restoration to the frescoes of the Hall of Raphael in the Apostolic Palace, expected to take five years and to cost 5.5 million…
SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome’s schism warning
Pope Leo XIV is not even two years into his pontificate and he is already facing one of the most delicate episodes of his ministry: a new rupture within the…
Vatican financial watchdog loses autonomy
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s financial intelligence and anti-money-laundering authority has been overhauled under a new 12-article statute that eliminates its president and board and places it under a new…
Pope Leo strengthens Roman Curia with new appointments in key Vatican dicasteries
Pope Leo XIV continues to make changes to the leadership of the Roman Curia with new appointments to the No. 2 position in two key dicasteries: the Dicastery for Legislative…