Catholic News

• Vatican bars annual traditional Latin Mass pilgrimage from entering St. Peter's Basilica (Diane Montagna's Substack)
  An annual pilgrimage of Catholics devoted to the extraordinary form of the Mass has been barred not simply from celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, but even from entering it, according to the pilgrimage’s chief organizer. The Secretariat of State wrote in a letter that “your procession is not allowed to enter into St. Peter’s […]
• Cardinal Koch pays tribute to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Vatican News (Italian))
  Cardinal Kurt Koch, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, paid tribute to Ecumenical Patriarchate Bartholomew of Constantinople as the Orthodox leader received an honorary doctorate from the Angelicum on October 23. “During the course of your patriarchal ministry, relations between the sister Churches of Rome and Constantinople have developed in a steady […]
• Archbishop Golka: Praying with President Trump does not mean political endorsement (Denver Catholic)
  Archbishop James Golka of Denver issued a statement on his meeting with President Donald Trump, during which he and other bishops prayed with the president. “I understand that many people saw the video, posted by the Administration twelve days before an election, as an endorsement,” Archbishop Golka wrote on October 23, a day after the […]
• Pope Leo named Papal Confrater of Windsor Castle chapel (Vatican News)
  With the approval of King Charles III, the Anglican canons and deans of Windsor announced that Pope Leo XIV has been named Papal Confrater of the College of St. George at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. The decision was announced on October 23, a year to the day after King Charles became Royal Confrater of […]