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SSPX warned against committing ‘schismatic act’
The planned consecration of new bishops by the traditionalist Society of St Pius X would be considered “a schismatic act,” the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said yesterday Source: OSV News.
Vatican Bank’s profit jumps 55.5 per cent
The Vatican Bank closed 2025 with a net profit of 51 million euros ($A82.7m), an increase of 55.5 per cent over the 32.8 million euros ($53.2m) recorded the previous year. Source: National Catholic Register
Vatican ‘hoping to avoid’ sanctions against German bishops
The Vatican Secretary of State said it would be premature to discuss sanctions against the German bishops for blessings of same-sex couples. Source: EWTN News.
Synod proposes new approach to ‘people of faith with same-sex attractions’
The Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod published the testimonies of two men in civil marriages with other men who describe from personal experience the tensions and wounds that have marked their lives of faith within the Church. Source: EWTN News.
Top Vatican official says future of work lies in moral choices of humanity
“Ultimately, the future lies not in machines, but in the moral choices of humanity,” a high-ranking Vatican official said yesterday during an artificial intelligence event yesterday co-sponsored by the Australian Embassy to the Holy See. Source: Vatican News.
Popemobile hits the road for 13-city tour of US
Even though Pope Leo XIV is not visiting the United States this year, the popemobile is. Source: CNS.
Vatican document offers help address environmental challenges
The Vatican has published a document focused on caring for creation and for human life within the family, titled Integral Ecology in the Life of the Family. Source: Vatican News.
Pope Leo makes his biggest change to Vatican leadership
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Italian Archbishop Paolo Rudelli the new head of the general affairs section of the Secretariat of State, one of the most influential positions in the Roman Curia, while also naming Archbishop Petar Rajič as the new prefect of the Papal Household. Source: NCR.
Vatican Secretary of State says war on Iran not a just war
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, said yesterday that the US-Israel war on Iran does not meet the Catholic Church’s criteria for a just war. Source: EWTN News.