The Great Anglican Break: GAFCON Declares a New Communion After Rejecting Canterbury

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Pope Leo XIV’s decision to elevate him—one of the first major episcopal appointments of his pontificate—appears to reflect the new pope’s desire to balance fidelity with openness

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Nearly 86 percent of priests expressed either “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in Pope Leo XIV—the first American-born pope and, to many, a symbol of pastoral vigor and doctrinal steadiness

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Ohtonen will be joined by a fully renewed ensemble. Cuban actress Mariela Garriga (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning) steps into the role of Mary Magdalene, originally played by Monica Bellucci; Polish star Kasia Smutniak will portray the Virgin Mary; Italian actors Pier Luigi Pasino and Riccardo Scamarcio will appear as Peter and Pontius Pilate, respectively

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King Charles will be formally installed as Royal Confrater of St. Paul, an honorary spiritual brotherhood conferred by the basilica’s Benedictine abbey with papal approval

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Pope Leo receives six members of ECA Global, an international human rights association that works for greater support and compensation for victims of abuse and calls for stronger commitment and cooperation from the Catholic Church. Participants describe the audience as “a historic and hope-filled step toward greater cooperation.”

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Father Mattia Ferrari, coordinator of the World Meeting of Popular Movements (EMMP), speaks to Vatican News, as the network and its members prepares to gather in Rome for their fifth world meeting, which will include an audience with Pope Leo.

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates a thanksgiving Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the canonisation of Venezuela’s first two saints, José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros and Maria Carmen Rendiles Martínez.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia in the Vatican, and during subsequent discussions in the Secretariat of State, the Prime Minister and Cardinal Parolin addressed "the need for a stable and lasting peace in the South Caucasus."

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Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims, in Rome for the recent canonisation of seven new saints, describing them signs of hope and examples for all faithful.

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