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  • [ August 22, 2026 ] At friendship meeting in Italy, Pope Leo calls for fraternity: ‘Love is the law of life’ News Briefs
  • [ August 22, 2026 ] In San Marino, Pope Leo XIV tells young people: ‘We only find authentic freedom in Jesus Christ’ News Briefs
  • [ August 22, 2026 ] Pope Leo XIV visits San Marino, the oldest republic in the world and a ‘laboratory’ of good policies News Briefs
  • [ August 22, 2026 ] Armenian Patriarch Minassian: Persecution has strengthened Christian hope and identity News Briefs
  • [ August 22, 2026 ] Debate about sex ed guidelines for schools in German archdiocese continues after Vatican letter News Briefs

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Society of St. Pius X Masses, sacraments banned at Lourdes Shrine

August 20, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 12

The bishop of Lourdes announced that the SSPX no longer has authorization at the shrine to celebrate the Mass or the sacraments, although individuals are free to come and pray privately. […]

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What is heaven? A priest who just turned 100 replies

August 17, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 1

Father Ricardo Bello Mato offers his reflections on heaven and his many years as a priest. […]

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Nicaraguan government releases video of bishop who has been missing for more than 40 days

August 15, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 4

In the video released by pro-governemnt media outlets, the bishop appears relaxed and in good health. However, critics maintain this is staged propaganda ignoring that he is under house arrest. […]

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Latin American bishops pray for Colombia, express solidarity, following powerful earthquake

August 11, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 0

The bishops of several Latin American countries offered prayers and expressed their closeness to the victims of the earthquake that struck Colombia this week. […]

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Pope Leo XIV to Peruvian youth: Do not be afraid to be God’s instruments

August 3, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 1

“Many people need that joyful and contagious witness that a young person in love with Christ can convey,” Pope Leo XIV observed. […]

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3 Catholic churches desecrated in a single French archdiocese

July 31, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 4

For the seventh time in two years, churches in the Archdiocese of Tours have been desecrated. […]

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Macron commemorates French priest killed by Islamic extremists 10 years ago

July 27, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 4

“His memory places a duty upon us. It compels us to tirelessly defend the freedom of conscience that the Republic guarantees and protects,” the French president said. […]

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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone among new members of Vatican’s highest court

July 27, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 5

Pope Leo XIV also appointed Bishop Edward Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan, along with canon law experts from Spain, Germany, Poland, and Italy, to five-year terms on the Apostolic Signatura. […]

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UN human rights commissioner presses Nicaragua for answers on missing bishop

July 24, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 0

The U.N. high commissioner for human rights has urged the Ortega dictatorship to disclose the fate, whereabouts, and condition of 80-year-old Bishop Abelardo Mata and restore the rule of law. […]

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Forced disappearance of Nicaraguan bishop denounced as crime against humanity

July 21, 2026 Walter Sánchez Silva 5

80-year-old Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata has been missing for 19 days. […]

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