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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Italian Priest Fr. Leonardo Pompei Suspended For Denying Vatican II Reforms, Novus Ordo
Italian priest, Fr. Leonardo Pompei, had all priestly faculties suspended on 4 Sep 2025 in response to his holding an online meeting in which he declared that, upon reading St. Alphonsus Liguori and Ven. María de Ágreda, he had concluded that the reforms of Vatican II were contrary to the Catholic faith and the Church needed to return to the Roman Rite. The day prior to suspension Leonardo had resigned from his parish saying he no longer felt in communion with the Bishop and Church hierarchy.
09 Sep 2025
Source: diocesi.latina.it (diocese website)
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Federal Court Approves Rochester Diocese Bankruptcy Settlement Paying Sex Abuse Victims $246M
The Rochester, NY Diocese under Bishop Salvatore Matano received federal count approval on 5 Sep 2025 for a $246M settlement with nearly 500 sex-abuse victims. $55M comes from the "Diocese of Rochester and its affiliated entities" and the remaining $191M from insurance. This completes a 6 year Chapter 11 bankruptcy process begun in 2019.
09 Sep 2025
Source: dor.org
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Madison, WI Priest Fr. Andrew Showers Arrested In Child Sex Sting
Fr. Andrew Showers of the Madison, WI diocese was arrested 25 Aug 2025 for seeking sex with an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl. Separately in 2021, a parent lodged a complaint against Showers with police and the diocese claiming inappropriate questioning of his middle-school child during a sacramental confession. The police determined it did not rise to the level of criminal conduct. The diocese took no further action and excluded it in its initial report for the 2025 incident.
09 Sep 2025
Source: madisoncatholicherald.org
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Vatican Partners With Gay Activist Chef For Zero-Climate-Impact Restaurant At Castel Gandolfo
The Vatican has partnered with renowned Chicago chefs Art Smith and Phil Stefani to open a restaurant within the zero-environmental-impact Borgo Laudato Si' complex. Smith and his homosexual partner Jesus Salgueiro were inducted in the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2008; they have five adopted children.
07 Sep 2025
Source: catholicnewsagency.com
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Bishop Savino Celebrates Mass At The Gesù For LGBTQ, Cohabiting and Divorced Jubilee Pilgrims
Church of the Gesù Website Schedule for 6 Sep 2025: Mass Celebrated by Bishop Francesco Savino "On the occasion of the International Pilgrimage for LGBT+ Christians and their parents; cohabiting people, divorced people and pastoral workers
06 Sep 2025
Source: chiesadelgesu.org
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Lepanto Institute Documents Rainbow Cross At LGBTQ Mass At Church of the Gesù in Rome
LGBTQ Mass at Church of the Gesù in Rome includes a rainbow-colored cross
06 Sep 2025
Source: x.com/LepantoInst
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Card Cupich "Tradition is living faith of the dead, traditionalism is dead faith of the living"
Blase Cardinal Cupich authors article: Tradition Vs. Traditionalism which states, "What is at stake in accepting the [Novus Ordo] liturgical reforms of the council, then, is our very understanding of what it means to be a church of tradition."
03 Sep 2025
Source: chicagocatholic.com
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Vatican Jubilee Calendar Includes Tenda di Gionata LGBTQ Pilgrimage
The Vatican Jubilee Calendar Includes a 6 Sep 2025 entry for Tenda di Gionata a pro-LGBTQ organization. The pilgrimage is connected to a 5 Sep 2025 Fr. James Martin Outreach event just outside Vatican walls featuring a panel discussion on acceptance of LGBTQ persons.
02 Sep 2025
Source: iubilaeum2025.va
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Fr. James Martin: "Pope Leo Will Continue With Same Openness to LGBTQ Catholics as Francis"
Fr. James Martin meets with Pope Leo. Martin writes on his x.com page: "Pope Leo Will Continue With Same Openness to LGBTQ Catholics as Francis". Following typical protocol, the Vatican has not commented on the contents of their meeting.
01 Sep 2025
Source: x.com/JamesMartinSJ
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Pope Leo Responds To Annunciation Parish Shooting By Transgender Killer: "Stop the pandemic of arms"
Pope Leo responds to transgender Robert/Robin Westman shooting at Annunciation Parish/School killing 2, injuring 18. After the 31 Aug 2025 Angelus, Pope Leo prays: "Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world."
31 Aug 2025
Source: vatican.va
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