Synod report proposes sweeping expansion of lay authority in canon law
Proposed changes to canon law from the Synod commission would dramatically expand the roles of lay Catholics in Church governance and judicial proceedings.
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Gaetano Masciullo
Leo XIV backs interfaith appeal calling religions ‘privileged path’ to peace
Leo XIV attended as Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Protestant, and Orthodox leaders signed an appeal with France’s leading cardinal, pledging to pursue ‘dialogue,’ ‘fraternity,’ and ‘peace.’
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Muslim group fears ‘France will become Catholic again’
A Muslim apologetics group says a Catholic revival is gathering strength in France and predicts the country will ‘become Catholic again’ within 45 years, citing American influence.
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Catholic diocese hid Vatican decree reinstating suspended traditional priest
A Vatican decree declared Cardinal Anders Arborelius’ 2024 suspension of a traditionalist priest invalid, but the diocese reportedly withheld it from clergy and faithful for months.
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EXCLUSIVE: Excommunicated priest: ‘Resistance’ can be necessary to remain Catholic
Fr. Leonardo Pompei argues that Catholics must neither blindly obey every papal act nor transform their own theological conclusions into dogma to remain faithful to God and His Church.
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EXCLUSIVE: Priest excommunicated after defending Tradition speaks out
Fr. Leonardo Maria Pompei tells LifeSiteNews how upholding traditional Catholic teaching through online preaching led to his suspension, a schism charge, and now excommunication.
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Pope Leo ignores audience request from traditionalist Summorum Pontificum pilgrims
Organizers sent Pope Leo XIV a formal audience request in December 2025 via Bishop Athanasius Schneider, but 9 months later the Vatican has still not responded.
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Catholic bishop backs new mosque in Venice
Patriarch of Venice Francesco Moraglia said Muslims have a ‘right’ to a suitable place of worship and called for ‘continued dialogue’ to alleviate ‘tensions’ with Muslim migrants.
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EXCLUSIVE: Abp. Viganò: The Catholic Church ‘is alive’; the ‘synodal church is a corpse’
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò addresses the limits of obedience, resistance to doctrinal error, sedevacantism, and the path toward restoring Catholic doctrine, liturgy, and governance.
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EXCLUSIVE: Abp. Viganò says Leo XIV has intensified Francis’s agenda, not slowed it
In this exclusive interview, Abp. Viganò argues that changing the way Catholics worship ultimately changes what they believe, making the liturgical reform central to the post-conciliar crisis.
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