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GU Inauguration Speaker is Vatican’s Most Important Woman Leader

GU Inauguration Speaker is Vatican’s Most Important Woman Leader

September 16, 2025 | Marketing & Communications A member of the religious Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, Sr. Petrini was appointed by Pope Francis (and confirmed by Pope Leo) as President of the Pontifical Commission for...

Owner:  Gonzaga University
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‘A gift from God’: Parishes encouraged to start Liturgy of Hours ahead of new edition

‘A gift from God’: Parishes encouraged to start Liturgy of Hours ahead of new edition

(OSV News) — Father Matthew S. Ernest still remembers when he oversaw evening prayer celebrated by Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City in 2015. “It was a beautiful event, and we were very grateful to welcome the Holy Father,”...

Owner:  Scott Richert
Bishop Fisher meets with Pope Leo to discuss Buffalo Diocese bankruptcy and church closings

Bishop Fisher meets with Pope Leo to discuss Buffalo Diocese bankruptcy and church closings

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bishop Michael Fisher has returned from a weeklong visit to the Vatican, where he met with Pope Leo XIV and several high-ranking Vatican officials to discuss the Diocese of Buffalo’s ongoing bankruptcy and its sweeping plan to...

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VATICAN CONFIDENTIAL: Dilexi WHO?

VATICAN CONFIDENTIAL: Dilexi WHO?

“Latin is a language as dead as dead can be. First it killed the Romans. Now it's killing me!” That was what we boys would chant at the start of every Latin class at my Catholic high school. We were convinced that studying conjugations and...

Owner:  Rome Reports Srl
Committee man: The cardinal at the center of Vatican investments

Committee man: The cardinal at the center of Vatican investments

As Pope Leo continues to settle into his pontificate, many in Rome are still waiting on a slate of major decisions and appointments, some of them holdovers from his predecessor’s time, and some of them anticipated from any new occupant of the see...

Owner:  J.D. Flynn & Ed Condon
Prince Andrew’s ‘one peppercorn’ lease exposes how little is known about royal finances

Prince Andrew’s ‘one peppercorn’ lease exposes how little is known about royal finances

In announcing that Prince Andrew would no longer use his title or honours, Buckingham Palace hoped to shift the spotlight away from his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, and the accusations of sexual abuse he has faced (and denied). The media were...

Owner:  The Conversation Media Group
Nostra Aetate at 60: Leo XIV warns that politics and injustice must not divert religions from ...
Pope Leo XIV marks Vatican document's 60th anniversary reaffirming commitment to Jewish dialogue
Political leaders have duty before God to end war, pope says at peace meeting

Political leaders have duty before God to end war, pope says at peace meeting

ROME (CNS) -- The world is thirsting for peace and for an end to abuses of power and indifference to the rule of law, Pope Leo XIV said at an international gathering for peace. Standing before dozens of representatives of the world's religions and...

Owner:  Catholic Church
Political leaders have duty before God to end war, Pope Leo XIV says at peace meeting: ‘Enough!’

Political leaders have duty before God to end war, Pope Leo XIV says at peace meeting: ‘Enough!’

ROME — The world is thirsting for peace and for an end to abuses of power and indifference to the rule of law, Pope Leo XIV said at an international gathering for peace. Standing before dozens of representatives of the world’s religions and Rome’s...

Owner:  Catholic Church
Pope Leo links innovation with tradition in new apostolic letter on Catholic education

Pope Leo links innovation with tradition in new apostolic letter on Catholic education

Marking the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s seminal declaration on Christian education Gravissimum educationis, Pope Leo issued an apostolic letter Oct. 28 calling on Catholic educators to “inaugurate a new era that speaks to the...

Owner:  Fidelis
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