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Cardinal Burke calls Vatican consistory ‘important beginning’ but urges better organization
Fri Jan 16, 2026 - 12:25 pm EST ROME (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke revealed the recent extraordinary consistory at the Vatican offered cardinals a rare chance to meet, discuss Church issues, and express concerns…
Pope Leo XIV declares Jubilee Year of St. Francis for 800th anniversary of saint’s death
Wed Jan 14, 2026 - 11:36 am ESTWed Jan 14, 2026 - 11:38 am EST VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV has declared 2026 a “Special Year of St. Francis” in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of his death. The…
Cardinal Zen condemns Pope Francis’ synodality, ‘manipulation’ of synodal process at consistory
Fri Jan 9, 2026 - 3:12 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Joseph Zen, the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, during an intervention before the extraordinary consistory of cardinals this week, slammed the Synod on Synodality’s final…
Pope Leo XIV condemns abortion, surrogacy in speech to Vatican diplomats
Fri Jan 9, 2026 - 2:42 pm EST VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV denounced abortion and surrogacy while defending the family in a Friday address to the diplomatic corps. He first highlighted what he considers to be…
Marco Rubio speaks with Cardinal Parolin about Venezuela, religious freedom issues
Thu Jan 8, 2026 - 5:02 pm EST WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Tuesday. According to a press release, they talked on the…
Pope Leo meets with Cardinal Zen before opening of extraordinary consistory
Thu Jan 8, 2026 - 2:08 pm EST VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 93-year-old bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, on Wednesday morning, just before the start of the ongoing extraordinary…
Pro-LGBT Cdl. Radcliffe urges ‘openness to novelty’ in address to extraordinary consistory
Thu Jan 8, 2026 - 6:46 am ESTThu Jan 8, 2026 - 6:47 am EST VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Progressive and pro-LGBT Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe delivered the opening meditation at the consistory in Rome by urging cardinals to…
Pope Leo opens first consistory with strong emphasis on synodality, Vatican II
Wed Jan 7, 2026 - 12:25 pm EST VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV opened his first extraordinary consistory with an agenda centered on synodality, liturgy and the legacy of the Second Vatican Council. On Wednesday,…
Pope Leo responds to Maduro’s capture, urges peace, respect for Venezuela’s sovereignty
Mon Jan 5, 2026 - 5:52 pm EST VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV, during his Sunday Angelus address, responded to the United States government’s successful capture of Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro a day earlier,…
Catholics in Leo’s former diocese urge him to reverse ‘scandalous’ rejection of Co-Redemptrix title
Fri Jan 2, 2026 - 5:34 pm ESTFri Jan 2, 2026 - 6:28 pm EST CHICLAYO, Peru (LifeSiteNews) — Catholics in Pope Leo XIV’s former diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, are petitioning him to “reconsider” what they condemn as a “truly…
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