A leaked document that was distributed to cardinals during Pope Leo XIV's first extraordinary consistory shows that any discussion of the liturgy would have been framed around the further application ...

Benedict noted in one Angelus address: “The Beatitudes are the transposition of the Cross and Resurrection into discipleship.

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In practical terms, Father de Blignières proposes the creation of a new Church structure — such as a personal apostolic administration or an ordinariate — similar to a diocese but not tied to a ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world’s cardinals to Rome and asking them to advise him on key priorities for the next two years. They ...