News 1958-1978 Timeline Council Documentation Pope Leo XIV In Depth Research Bibliography About      NEWS: Most Recent 25 Articles | Nov 2025 | Oct 2025 | Sep 2025 | Aug 2025 | Jul 2025 | All Headlines By Month      Most Recent 25 Articles Vatican DDF Publishes "Mater Populi Fidelis" Which Excludes "Co-Redemptrix" Title For Mary The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, under prefect Víctor Cardinal Fernández, publishes "Mater Populi Fidelis" (signed by Pope Leo XIV) to clarify and limit devotion to Mary and Marian Titles. "It would not be appropriate to use the title 'Co-redemptrix' to define Mary's cooperation ...Some titles, such as 'Mediatrix of All Graces,' have limits that do not favor a correct understanding of Mary's unique place." 04 Nov 2025 Source: press.vatican.va USCCB: "Religious Freedom Fosters Peace." On USA-Observed International Religious Freedom Day, 27 Oct, Bishops Elias Zaidan and Kevin Rhoades stated: "Religious freedom fosters peace. Our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV said recently that a culture of peace requires full respect for religious freedom in every country, since religious experience is an essential dimension of the human person." 30 Oct 2025 Source: usccb.org Pope Leo: Jesus With Samaritan Woman At The Well "Captures The Very Core Of Interreligious Dialogue" Pope Leo XIV General Audience: "At the well of Sychar, Jesus overcomes the barriers of culture, gender and religion. He invites the Samaritan woman to a new understanding of worship ...This moment captures the very core of interreligious dialogue itself: the discovery of God’s presence beyond all boundaries and the invitation to seek him together with reverence and humility." 29 Oct 2025 Source: vatican.va Vatican Celebrates 60 Years of Nostra Aetate With World’s Religions The Vatican is hosting an evening gathering of world religions to celebrate 60 years of the Vatican II Declaration Nostra Aetate. The celebration entitled “Walking Together in Hope” includes representatives from Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism and traditional African religions. 24 Oct 2025 Source: press.vatican.va Pope Leo Bestows "Royal Confrater" Title On King Charles, Designated Throne With Royal Coat Of Arms Pope Leo XIV bestowed the title "Royal Confrater" of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on King Charles III. In addition, designated for the king and his successors, the basilica installed a permanent throne bearing the royal coat of arms and the inscription "UT UNUM SINT". King Charles bestowed the title "Papal Confrater" of St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on Pope Leo. The pope and king met to discuss environmental protection, fighting poverty, and promoting ecumenical dialogue. 23 Oct 2025 Source: vaticannews.va Newark, NJ Archdiocese To Merge/Close Many Parishes Due To Drastically Declining Numbers The Newark, NJ Archdiocese, under Joseph Cardinal Tobin, creates "We Are Witnesses" reorganization plan to merge/close parishes due to significantly declining numbers. The overview graphic reports the decline since 1998 whereas the parish-specific numbers report the decline from 2019 to 2024. The program lists "Synodality" as the top Guiding Value. 22 Oct 2025 Source: rcan.org Anglican Church Splits Over New Pro-Abortion/LGBTQ Archbishop of Canterbury The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) refuses to recognize the election of Pro-Abortion/LGBTQ Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury; GAFCON separates from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference, the Anglican Consultative Council, and the Primates Meeting. The Communique states that GAFCON has "not left the Anglican Communion; we are the Anglican Communion." 18 Oct 2025 Source: gafcon.org Amid Pending Structural Changes, Opus Dei Prelate Fernando Ocáriz Publishes Letter To Faithful Amid reports of pending substantial structural changes breaking Opus Dei into three distinct legal entities, the prelate, Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, publishes letter to members: "expressions and ways of doing things evolve ...Yet nothing changes in the spirit, nor in the content of the norms of piety and family customs." 17 Oct 2025 Source: opusdei.org Transalpine Redemptorists Publish Open Letter Claiming Apostolic Authority Has Been Broken Transalpine Redemptorists Open Letter: "Because the chain of command has been broken ...These churchmen disobey God. And then, having shattered the chain of God’s command they attempt to invoke religious obedience for matters that deplete the Church, and take away the Holy Mass. Tolle Missam, Tolle Ecclesiam – Take away the Mass, you destroy the Church (Luther). No! We must obey God before Man." 17 Oct 2025 Source: papastronsay.com Cardinal Koch Congratulates Pro-Abortion/LGBTQ Sarah Mullally, Elected Next Archbishop of Canterbury Representing the Catholic Church as Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Kurt Cardinal Koch sends a congratulatory letter to Pro-Abortion and Pro-LGBTQ Sarah Mullally, elected the next Archbishop of Canterbury and approved by King Charles III. Mullally will be installed March 2026. 10 Oct 2025 Source: vaticannews.va Buffalo Diocese Files Ch 11 Reorg Plan To Pay Sex Abuse Cases = $150M From Church + 123.9M From Ins. The Diocese of Buffalo, under Bishop William Fisher, filed its Chapter 11 reorganization plan with the Federal Bankruptcy Court which includes an Abuse Claims Settlement Fund of $150M from parishes and church organizations + $123.9M from insurance. 03 Oct 2025 Source: buffalodiocese.org Pope Leo Blesses Block of Glacier Ice at “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” Conference At an international conference celebrating Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si', Pope Leo called for a "true ecological conversion" warning that "God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created." As part of the event, Leo blessed a melting block of glacier ice which had been transported from Greenland to Italy. Quoting Pope Francis, Leo emphasized that the solution will come "above all from major political decisions on the national and international levels." 02 Oct 2025 Source: usccb.org Pope Leo Intention: Collaboration between different religious traditions to promote human fraternity Pope Leo prayer intention for Oct 2025: “Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice and human fraternity.” 01 Oct 2025 Source: popesprayer.va Pope Leo: "Someone ...against abortion but [not against] the death penalty is not really pro-life" Pope Leo comments on Blase Cardinal Cupich awarding pro-abortion Senator Durbin a Lifetime Achievement Award. "I think it's important to look at the overall work that a senator has done ...as I myself have spoken in the past, it's important to look at many issues ...Someone who says I'm against abortion but says I'm favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life ...So they are very complex issues; I don't know if anyone has all the truth on them" 30 Sep 2025 Source: x.com/EWTNews Pope Leo: "People of God Have An Infallibility...Of Which The Pope's Infallibility Is An Expression" Pope Leo XIV Catechesis: "They [the little ones] have the sensus fidei, which is like a "sixth sense" of simple people for the things of God. God is simple and reveals himself to the simple. This is why the people of God have an infallibility in their belief, of which the Pope's infallibility is an expression and service." 27 Sep 2025 Source: vatican.va USCCB Removes From Website Bishop Campbell Article Identifying DEI With God (Dei in Latin) The USCCB removed from its website an article by Washington DC Bishop Roy Campbell identifying DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) with God using a play on words - Dei (genitive case for God in Latin). The original VaticanII.com post with a cached copy of the article is available here. 25 Sep 2025 Source: usccb.org Catholic U. Hosts Catholic-Muslim “Journeying Together” Dialogue to Discuss Ecology The National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue met at Catholic University in Washington DC to discuss the “ecological crisis in conjunction with the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on ecology, Laudato si’ and the publication of Al Mizan, the foremost Muslim statement on the environment.” 24 Sep 2025 Source: usccb.org Cardinal Cupich Defends Granting Pro-Abortion Sen. Dick Durbin Lifetime Achievement Award Cardinal Cupich defends conferring a Lifetime Achievement Award on pro-abortion Sen Dick Durbin. "At the heart of the consistent ethic of life is the recognition that Catholic teaching on life and dignity cannot be reduced to a single issue, even an issue as important as abortion. The annual celebration of immigrants, Keep Hope Alive, will recognize all the critically important contributions [of] Senator Durbin in the areas of immigration, the care of the poor, Laudato Si', and world peace." 22 Sep 2025 Source: archchicago.org Pope Leo Gives Interview At Crux - Includes Discussion Of Women's Ordination, Liturgy, LGBTQ+ Pope Leo Interview. On women's ordination, Leo refers to clericalism as a problem adding, "Would we simply be wanting to invite women to become clericalized?" Regarding LGBTQ, "we have to change attitudes before we even think about changing what the Church says". On the TLM, Leo says "between the Tridentine Mass and the Vatican II Mass ...It’s obviously very complicated." 20 Sep 2025 Source: cruxnow.com US Bishops Issue Anti-Muslim Bigotry Guide for Catholics The US Conference of Catholic Bishops publishes "Islamophobia: A Guide for U.S. Catholics on Anti-Muslim Bigotry" by Jordan Denari Duffner, PhD. "Catholics and Muslims are vital, vibrant religious communities in the United States ...The two faith communities share much in common, despite notable theological differences. In the United States today, Muslims often face prejudice and discrimination—not unlike what Catholics faced in earlier generations of American history." 19 Sep 2025 Source: usccb.org Islamic Terrorists Kill 102 Christians in Democratic Republic of Congo The Allied Democratic Forces Islamic Terrorists group killed 102 Christians on 9 Sep 2025 including over 60 at a funeral Mass. The Congo Bishops stated: "Some were killed with hammers, others with bullets. In addition to the loss of human life, the armed group set fire to 16 houses, eight motorcycles, two vehicles, and looted numerous belongings of the local population" 18 Sep 2025 Source: cruxnow.com Cardinal Müller Interview By Diane Montagna Addresses Islam Violence, Wokeism, Charlie Kirk From Diane Montagna interview, Gerhard Cardinal Müller states: Germany "already is [a Muslim country], in many ways. Muslims dominate public life." "On average, there are eighteen knife attacks each day, and two or three girls or young women are victims of gang rape." Marxists and Islam have formed an alliance which "serves the purpose of de-Christianizing the West." 18 Sep 2025 Source: dianemontagna.substack.com Ending "World Meeting on Human Fraternity" Vatican Hosts "Grace For The World" Concert, Drone Show Culminating the "World Meeting on Human Fraternity", the Vatican Hosts "Grace For The World" concert and 3000-drone show. Performers include Pharrell Williams Voices of Fire Gospel Choir, Andrea Bocelli, John Legend, Karol G, Jennifer Hudson, BamBam, Teddy Swims, Jelly Roll, and Angélique Kidjo 13 Sep 2025 Source: ABC News youtube.com Channel Pope Leo Meets With New Bishops, Says Abuse Claims "Cannot Be Put In A Drawer" The Vatican Press Office provided a summary of Pope Leo's 11 Sep 2025 private meeting with 192 new bishops. Speaking of abuse claims, Pope Leo said "These cannot be put in a drawer -- they must be addressed with a sense of mercy and true justice toward both the victims and the accused.” 12 Sep 2025 Source: usccb.org Washington DC Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell Authors Article: “DEI Means God” Bishop Roy Campbell, auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Washington DC, authors an article identifying DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) with Dei (genitive case of Deus/God in Latin). Campbell Writes: "D.E.I., Dei means God in Latin ...God is Diversity …God is Equity …God is Inclusion." 12 Sep 2025 Source: usccb.org