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What Gives the Ecumenical Patriarch the Authority to Grant Autocephaly? What Gives the Ecumenical Patriarch the Authority to Grant Autocephaly?
23+ min ago (631+ words) What Gives the Ecumenical Patriarch the Authority to Grant Autocephaly? Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate What Gives the Ecumenical Patriarch the Authority to Grant Autocephaly? On January 5, 2019, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed the Tomos of Autocephaly (independence) for the…...
Enough of the idolatry of self: Leos Augustinian warning against the lust for dominance
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (456+ words) Yet far from signalling some sort of departure from the Catholic Church's longstanding commitment to just war reasoning, we might discern in Leo's comments a characteristically Augustinian warning about the exercise of power. Pope Leo XIV visits the nursing home…...
Pope Leo approves creation of interdicasterial commission on AI
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (491+ words) A message reading "AI artificial intelligence," a keyboard and robot hands are seen in this illustration created on January 27, 2025. Pope Leo XIV approved the creation of an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence in a rescript released May 16. The rescript was…...
New Self-Paced Online Course about Spiritual Abuse in the Catholic Church
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (253+ words) by Paul Fahey " May 19, 2026 For the past two years, I've led online workshops about spiritual abuse in the Catholic Church. These are live workshops with small groups of people (12 or fewer). And to date, over 150 people have participated. There has…...
In Philippines, man accused of posing as priest seeks reconciliation with Church | News Headlines
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (204+ words) A Philippine layman accused of posing as a priest met with his local archbishop and sought forgiveness for his actions, less than a week after the prelate issued a public warning about his activities. Faithful Catholic resources depend on your…...
Ecumenism is crucial in the face of secularism, Armenian Apostolic Church leader tells Pope Leo | News Headlines
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (267+ words) Ecumenism is of "crucial urgency" in the face of secularism, Aram I, head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, said on May 18 in an address to Pope Leo XIV. The Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, based…...
Canadian university establishes Pope Francis Institute | News Headlines
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (224+ words) A Catholic university in Ontario, Canada, announced the establishment of the Pope Francis Institute. "One year after Pope Francis's death, St. Jerome's University is announcing the launch of the world's first initiative of its kind dedicated to advancing his substantial…...
Vatican to Publish Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical May 25
21+ hour, 21+ min ago (25+ words) The pope signed 'Magnifica Humanitas' (“ Magnificent Humanity”) on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the publication of the landmark social encyclical 'Rerum Novarum.'...
Pope Leo XIV Thanks Catholic Extension Society for Its Assistance to Migrants and the Poor
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (407+ words) National Catholic Register, 18 May, 2026 / 12: 42 pm (ACI Africa). In an address to its board of governors, Pope Leo XIV thanked the Catholic Extension Society on May 18 for the assistance it provides to the poor. The pontiff praised the organization's founder, Father…...
Pope Leo compares using AI to Jesus' parable of the talents
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (455+ words) Pope Leo XIV has been watching closely how the world is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), and under his leadership, the Church is not sitting idly by. Like Pope Francis, Leo has been frequently writing about it and even setting up…...