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Catholic news from around the world.

View of the cupola of St Peter's Basilica in Rome.

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1962 Mass: thirty-four dioceses authorized in 2025, as in 2024

The Summarium Decretorum 2025 records thirty-four dioceses authorized to celebrate Mass according to the 1962 Missal in a parish, a figure stable and unchanged from 2024.

Iter Fidei September 14, 2026

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Leo XIV repeals the Covid salary cuts. The question is the heart, not the figure.

By a motu proprio of 14 September 2026, Leo XIV repeals the salary cuts imposed on the cardinals and the Curia during the pandemic; tradition judges not the amount, but avarice.

Iter Fidei September 14, 2026

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The Traditional Mass Barred from St Peter's for 2026

The traditional pontifical Mass of the 2026 Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage was not authorised in St Peter's Basilica; it will be celebrated at Saint Mary Major.

Iter Fidei September 14, 2026

Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, Archbishop of Rabat.

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Rabat: a successor to Cardinal López Romero, under investigation for abuse

Leo XIV names a coadjutor archbishop of Rabat with the right of succession, designating the successor to Cardinal López Romero, who has stepped back and faces a Vatican inquiry over accusations of sexual violence.

Iter Fidei September 12, 2026

The Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben tower beside the Thames, in London.

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The Commons reject assisted suicide by 286 votes to 270

The British House of Commons rejected, by 286 votes to 270, the legalisation of assisted suicide in England and Wales.

Iter Fidei September 11, 2026

Portrait of Emma Bonino, Italian Radical Party leader.

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Emma Bonino, Italy's abortion champion, dies at 78

Emma Bonino, architect of the legalisation of abortion in Italy and a public friend of Pope Francis, has died at 78; tradition measures her against the fifth commandment.

Iter Fidei September 11, 2026

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City

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A Guadalupan Jubilee Year for the fiftieth anniversary of Mexico City's new basilica

Leo XIV grants a Guadalupan Jubilee Year for the fiftieth anniversary of the new Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, from 12 October 2026 to 12 October 2027.

Iter Fidei September 11, 2026

Hong Kong: the memory of Tiananmen on trial before a national-security court.

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Hong Kong condemns the memory of Tiananmen: seven years in prison for three vigil organisers

A Hong Kong national-security court has sentenced three leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance to five to seven years in prison for organising the vigils commemorating the Tiananmen massacre.

Iter Fidei September 11, 2026

Bishop Ángel Pérez Pueyo of Barbastro-Monzón and the sanctuary of Torreciudad.

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Torreciudad: Barbastro disputes the handover of the Virgin to Opus Dei

The diocese of Barbastro-Monzón judges invalid the agreements invoked by Opus Dei and says no original document proves the cession of the statue of Our Lady of the Angels of Torreciudad.

Iter Fidei September 11, 2026

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Chicago settles nine abuse suits: the price of a scandal

The Archdiocese of Chicago will pay about $5.5 million to nine victims of priest abuse; tradition measures the scandal by Christ's word on the millstone.

Iter Fidei September 10, 2026

Leo XIV addressing the new bishops in the Synod Hall at the Vatican.

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Leo XIV to the new bishops: neither technology nor artificial intelligence frees us from sin

Leo XIV received 147 new bishops and warned that technology and artificial intelligence cannot free humanity from sin.

Iter Fidei September 10, 2026

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A man searches for the priest in a church in Forbach, as Leo XIV's visit to Metz approaches

A 35-year-old man was arrested in a church in Forbach after entering to cries of « Allah Akbar » and searching for the priest, as Leo XIV's visit to Metz approaches.

Iter Fidei September 9, 2026

Leo XIV at the general audience in Saint Peter's Square, 9 September 2026

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Man's dignity rests on the image of God, not on his abilities

At the general audience of 9 September 2026, Leo XIV teaches that human dignity, founded on the image of God, is a gift received and not a merit.

Iter Fidei September 9, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference.

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October 7: Israel's opposition demands a state inquiry into Netanyahu, and the two commandments that judge it

Four Israeli opposition leaders demand a state inquiry into what Netanyahu knew before 7 October 2023; he denies it and is suing for defamation.

Iter Fidei September 9, 2026

Catholic liturgical celebration in a mission land

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Before 49 mission bishops: a warning against liturgical experimentation

In Rome, an under-secretary for Divine Worship warns forty-nine mission bishops against liturgical experimentation, syncretism, and the folklorization of worship; tradition, stricter still, reserves the received rites to the Church alone.

Iter Fidei September 9, 2026

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Chongqing consecrates an archbishop: Rome appoints, Beijing erases the pope

Andrea Ding Yang was consecrated archbishop of Chongqing on 8 September 2026 under the Sino-Vatican agreement: Rome foregrounds the pope's appointment, Beijing omits it.

Iter Fidei September 8, 2026

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Leo XIV to West Africa's youth: “You are not a sacrificed generation”

Leo XIV told West Africa's youth they are not “a sacrificed generation” and called them to build bridges “between religions”: what tradition makes of it.

Iter Fidei September 8, 2026

The Synod assembly gathered at the Vatican.

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The Synod proposes to associate the laity with the bishops' ad limina visits

The Synod's General Secretariat has published the reports of study groups 6 and 7, proposing to associate the laity with the ad limina visits and to contractualise relations between bishops and consecrated life.

Iter Fidei September 8, 2026

Leo XIV in prayer before the image of Our Lady of Good Counsel, at the shrine of Genazzano.

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Leo XIV at Genazzano: the prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel

On the eve of the Virgin's Nativity, Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Augustinian shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano — an act tradition measures by obedience to Christ.

Iter Fidei September 7, 2026

Crowd wrapped in Serbian flags in the streets of Belgrade during the funeral of Ratko Mladic.

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Serbia honours the man condemned for Srebrenica. Innocent blood cries out.

Serbia gave Ratko Mladic, convicted of the Srebrenica genocide, a state funeral — an honour we measure against the fifth commandment.

Iter Fidei September 7, 2026

Pope Leo XIV during the Sunday Angelus at the Vatican.

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Pope Leo XIV renews his appeal for peace in Ukraine

After the Angelus of 6 September 2026, Pope Leo XIV renews his appeal for peace in Ukraine and hopes the negotiations will open the way to diplomacy.

Iter Fidei September 6, 2026

Mourning in Cape Verde after a school bus fell into a ravine on the island of Fogo

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Cape Verde: a school bus plunges into a ravine on the island of Fogo

At least two dozen dead, most of them pupils, after a coach plunged into a ravine on the island of Fogo, in Cape Verde; the Church prays for the repose of the departed.

Iter Fidei September 5, 2026

Leo XIV receives the Perpetual Adorers of the Most Blessed Sacrament at the Vatican.

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Leo XIV calls the Perpetual Adorers to be « weavers of communion »

Leo XIV received the Perpetual Adorers of the Most Blessed Sacrament for their fiftieth anniversary and called them to be weavers of communion through unceasing Eucharistic adoration.

Iter Fidei September 5, 2026

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Negotiating peace under the missiles: Moscow receives a proposal, the strikes go on

On 5 September 2026, American envoys carry a peace proposal to Moscow while Russian strikes still kill: tradition judges peace by justice and condemns the killing of the innocent.

Iter Fidei September 5, 2026

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Indianapolis: Sunday Mass dispensation for the faithful who fear arrest

In Indianapolis, a decree dispenses through 30 September from the Sunday Mass obligation the faithful who fear an arrest linked to immigration.

Iter Fidei September 4, 2026

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Israeli strikes in Lebanon: three dead, and the law that judges all bloodshed

Israeli strikes on the south and east of Lebanon killed at least three people and wounded twenty-three, judged by the measure of the fifth commandment.

Iter Fidei September 4, 2026

Pope Leo XIV receives a delegation from Oriel College, Oxford, at the Vatican.

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Leo XIV holds up Newman as a model: faith and reason are not separated

Receiving an Oxford delegation, Leo XIV held up St. John Henry Newman as the model of an education where faith and reason are never separated.

Iter Fidei September 4, 2026

Cardinal Joseph Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong: Cardinal Zen's conviction upheld on appeal

Hong Kong's Court of Appeal upholds Cardinal Joseph Zen's conviction for failing to register a fund that aided the 2019 protesters.

Iter Fidei September 3, 2026

The care of the elderly and the dying in a religious home.

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Illinois: Catholic religious sisters sue to halt assisted suicide

Cardinal Cupich, two orders of religious sisters and a Catholic pharmacist are suing to stop Illinois's assisted-suicide law, effective September 12.

Iter Fidei September 3, 2026

The baptism of a child: water poured on the forehead.

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Erasing a name does not undo the baptism: Europe's bishops defend their registers

A position paper by Europe's bishops opposes erasing names from baptismal registers, as the EU Court of Justice examines whether the refusal breaches the GDPR.

Iter Fidei September 2, 2026

Leo XIV at the general audience in Saint Peter's Square, 2 September 2026.

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Gaudium et spes on Leo XIV's programme: the world to convert, not to court

Leo XIV opens a cycle of catecheses on Gaudium et spes; we hold this return to Vatican II against the constant teaching of the Church on the world.

Iter Fidei September 2, 2026

Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in Saint Peter's Square.

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Leo XIV and Gaudium et Spes: Is the Church Made to Serve the World?

At his general audience on 2 September 2026, Leo XIV opened a catechesis on Gaudium et Spes calling the Church to "serve the world": the tradition recalls that her first end remains the salvation of souls.

Iter Fidei September 2, 2026

View of the Principality of Liechtenstein.

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Liechtenstein: abortion passed by one vote, the prince can still veto it

Liechtenstein's parliament legalised abortion up to the 12th week by 13 votes to 12; Hereditary Prince Alois can still veto it.

Iter Fidei September 2, 2026

Creation entrusted to man, in the Season of Creation.

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The Theological Commission proposes a “sin against creation”: what perennial doctrine says

The International Theological Commission proposes to call ecological harm a “sin against creation and against the Creator”; we measure it against perennial doctrine.

Iter Fidei September 2, 2026

The monastic community of Bose, founded by Enzo Bianchi

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Enzo Bianchi, founder of the ecumenical community of Bose, has died

Enzo Bianchi, founder of the ecumenical community of Bose, has died in Turin at 83; we measure his work against the Church's perennial teaching on unity.

Iter Fidei September 1, 2026

The protection of minors and reparation for abuse in the Church

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In France, a body to "accompany" abuse victims, alongside the Church's own justice

The Bishops' Conference of France launched the Iniave on 1 September 2026, a permanent body accompanying abuse victims and built on "restorative justice," chaired by Sophie Darbois.

Iter Fidei September 1, 2026

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, former Archbishop of Quebec and former prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.

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A court clears Cardinal Ouellet and condemns a false accusation

Quebec's Superior Court rules the misconduct accusations against Cardinal Ouellet false and orders his accuser to pay him 100,000 dollars.

Iter Fidei August 31, 2026

Episcopal ordination of Paul Liu Honggang at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Datong, China.

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China: a Bishop of Datong ordained under the Sino-Vatican Agreement

Paul Liu Honggang was ordained Bishop of Datong on 31 August 2026, his candidacy approved by Leo XIV under the Agreement between the Holy See and China; we measure the act against the pre-1958 doctrine on the appointment of bishops.

Iter Fidei August 31, 2026

Mosaic by Marko Rupnik adorning a sanctuary façade.

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Leo XIV pulls Rupnik's mosaics from the Holy See's publications

The bishop of Lourdes reveals that Leo XIV ended the Holy See's use of Marko Rupnik's mosaics for its publications; those in Lourdes will be covered.

Iter Fidei August 31, 2026

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A priest attacked at adoration: it was the monstrance the man was after

In New Bedford, a man attacked a priest during Eucharistic adoration, trying to seize the monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament.

Iter Fidei August 31, 2026

Pope Leo XIV during the recitation of the Angelus.

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Leo XIV: an appeal for Haiti, a prayer for Nepal

At the Angelus of 30 August 2026, Leo XIV called for the release of the hostages of the Kenscoff massacre in Haiti and prayed for the victims of the floods in Nepal and Tibet.

Iter Fidei August 30, 2026

The Catholic Church in South Sudan, where two nuns were attacked on the road to Juba.

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South Sudan: two nuns attacked and robbed on the road to Juba

Two nuns were attacked and robbed on the Torit-Juba road in South Sudan, one wounded on the head, on a road already bloodied by a double murder in 2021.

Iter Fidei August 30, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, author of the motu proprio Mutua Concordia.

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Mutua Concordia: Leo XIV opens the removal of Eastern patriarchs, under the seal of Peter

The motu proprio « Mutua Concordia » lets the synods of the Eastern Churches depose their patriarch for grave cause, under the pope's assent; we weigh it against the perennial Roman primacy.

Iter Fidei August 29, 2026

Houses and debris covered in mud after the sudden floods in Nepal.

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Nepal: after the deadly floods, the Pope's emergency aid entrusted to the local Caritas

After the deadly floods of 26 August in Nepal, which left more than 630 dead, Leo XIV sends emergency aid entrusted to Caritas Nepal.

Iter Fidei August 29, 2026

Department of Justice report on the FBI’s Richmond memo targeting traditionalist Catholics.

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US Justice Department calls the FBI’s memo against traditionalist Catholics a “grave failure”

A U.S. Department of Justice report calls the FBI memo that ranked Catholics attached to the traditional Mass among potential threats a “grave failure.”

Iter Fidei August 28, 2026

Graffiti depicting the former general Ratko Mladic on a wall.

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Serbia would honour the man condemned for Srebrenica. The blood of the innocent speaks.

Serbia announces a funeral with military and state honours for Ratko Mladic, sentenced to life for the Srebrenica genocide; tradition measures that honour against the fifth commandment.

Iter Fidei August 28, 2026

Cardinal Robert Sarah, former prefect for Divine Worship.

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Cardinal Sarah defends the traditional Latin Mass and judges the restrictions « neither wise nor respectful »

Cardinal Robert Sarah, former prefect for Divine Worship, defends the traditional Latin Mass and calls the restrictions on the ancient rite “neither wise nor respectful.”

Iter Fidei August 27, 2026

Pope Leo XIV at the general audience of 26 August 2026, in Rome.

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Leo XIV: the liturgical reform of Vatican II “firmly rooted in the living tradition of the Church”

At the general audience of 26 August 2026, Leo XIV closed his cycle on Sacrosanctum Concilium by defending the liturgical reform of Vatican II and calling for the rejection of abuses.

Iter Fidei August 26, 2026

Devastation after the glacial flood in northern Nepal, August 2026

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Nepal: A Glacial Flood Kills More Than 600, Leo XIV Commends the Dead to the Mercy of God

A glacial flood devastated northern Nepal on 26 August 2026, killing more than 600 and leaving thousands missing; Leo XIV commends the dead to the mercy of God as Caritas responds.

Iter Fidei August 26, 2026

Debris-flood damage after a glacier collapsed on the border between Nepal and Tibet.

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Nepal: a glacier collapses, at least 165 dead and a thousand missing

A glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed a deadly flood: at least 165 dead and about a thousand missing, most of them pilgrims and tourists.

Iter Fidei August 26, 2026

Archbishop Paul Gallagher and Sergei Lavrov during their meeting in Moscow

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Moscow: the Holy See's envoy pleads for an end to the war

The head of Holy See diplomacy, Archbishop Gallagher, met Sergei Lavrov in Moscow to press Russia and Ukraine to make peace and respect humanitarian law.

Iter Fidei August 25, 2026

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States.

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Abp Gallagher in Moscow: dialogue resumes, tradition measures the peace

The Secretary for Relations with States travels to Moscow from 24 to 28 August 2026 and will meet Sergei Lavrov; we measure this resumption of dialogue by the perennial standard of the Church's peace and unity.

Iter Fidei August 24, 2026

Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest of the Latin parish in Gaza.

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Gaza: the priest stays, the catastrophe continues

The parish priest of Gaza, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, testifies at the Meeting of Rimini that the humanitarian catastrophe continues but has vanished from the world's media.

Iter Fidei August 24, 2026

Haiti: a place marked by gang violence, near Port-au-Prince.

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Haiti: a camp of the displaced massacred in a church

A displaced-persons camp sheltering in a church near Port-au-Prince was massacred by gangs; tradition measures this crime against the Fifth Commandment.

Iter Fidei August 24, 2026

Families and victims of the Próvolo case outside the court in Mendoza.

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Argentina: former nun found guilty of abusing the deaf children of Próvolo

The Supreme Court of Mendoza overturned the acquittal of former nun Kumiko Kosaka and found her guilty of the sexual abuse of deaf children at the Próvolo institute.

Iter Fidei August 22, 2026

The synod of the Waldensian and Methodist churches gathered at Torre Pellice

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Leo XIV sends greetings and a blessing to the Waldensian synod at Torre Pellice

Leo XIV sent greetings and a blessing to the Waldensian and Methodist synod at Torre Pellice; tradition recalls that there is but one Church and that one does not greet error.

Iter Fidei August 22, 2026

Ebola outbreak in the DRC: the death toll passes 2,500, the UN warns

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Ebola in the DRC: over 2,500 dead, and those who heal are struck down

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is growing exponentially: more than 2,500 dead, more than 5,000 cases, and healthcare workers under attack.

Iter Fidei August 21, 2026

A pregnant woman resting her hand on her belly, illustrating the surrogacy case.

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A surrogate mother, sued for refusing to abort a child with a sick heart

A couple is demanding more than one hundred thousand dollars from the surrogate who refused to abort their child with a treatable heart defect; we measure the case against the fifth commandment.

Iter Fidei August 21, 2026

Leo XIV at Lourdes: all the Rupnik mosaics covered

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Lourdes: all of Rupnik's mosaics covered for the visit of Leo XIV

All of Marko Rupnik's mosaics on the façade of the Rosary Basilica at Lourdes will be covered for the visit of Leo XIV, and will remain so afterward.

Iter Fidei August 20, 2026

A person praying with a rosary on a sidewalk. Credit: ThalesAntonio/Shutterstock

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New Jersey punishes prayer outside abortion clinics

New Jersey makes « interference » near abortion clinics a crime; sidewalk prayer and counsel are targeted. Tradition judges the act by the fifth commandment.

Iter Fidei August 20, 2026

Pope Leo XIV receives Lebanese president Joseph Aoun in a private audience at the Vatican.

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Lebanon: Leo XIV Receives Joseph Aoun as the Holy See Voices ‘Grave Concerns’

Leo XIV received Lebanese president Joseph Aoun at the Vatican on 20 August 2026; the Holy See voices grave concerns over the application of the Israel-Lebanon agreement.

Iter Fidei August 20, 2026

Rubble of a Kiev building after a Russian night strike

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Kiev struck in the night: at least thirteen dead, a children's hospital hit

A Russian missile and drone attack on Kiev kills at least thirteen and strikes a children's hospital and a school.

Iter Fidei August 20, 2026

Actors and the director pose with a portrait of the young Palestinian girl Hind Rajab on the red carpet of the film « The Voice of Hind Rajab » at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, on 3 September 2025.

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Gaza: an army admits firing on the car of a five-year-old child

The Israeli military command admits firing on the car of Hind Rajab, five years old, and opens two criminal investigations in Gaza.

Iter Fidei August 19, 2026

Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in St Peter's Basilica.

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Leo XIV: sacred music is not an ornament of the liturgy

Leo XIV teaches that sacred music belongs to the liturgical action and calls for the musical heritage of the Church to be preserved.

Iter Fidei August 19, 2026

Leo XIV at the general audience in St Peter’s Basilica

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Leo XIV: sacred music ‘is not an ornament’

Leo XIV devoted his catechesis to sacred music; tradition had already fixed Gregorian chant and the organ as the measure of worship.

Iter Fidei August 19, 2026

Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, resigning bishop of Speyer

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Leo XIV accepts the resignation of the bishop of Speyer, broken by the abuse crisis

Leo XIV accepts the resignation of Bishop Wiesemann of Speyer, aged 66, for a depressive disorder tied to the handling of abuse in his diocese.

Iter Fidei August 19, 2026

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Central African Republic: a gold mine buries men who came to save their families

A landslide has buried dozens of miners, among them very young people, in an artisanal gold mine at Zamboye, in western Central African Republic.

Iter Fidei August 18, 2026

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Zimbabwe Shipwreck: Leo XIV Entrusts the Victims' Souls to God

After a ferry capsized on Lake Kariba, killing at least ninety-two people, Leo XIV entrusted the souls of the dead to God's mercy; the Church recalls the duty to pray for the dead.

Iter Fidei August 18, 2026

Wreck of an overturned pilgrims' coach on a Hungarian motorway

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Twelve Polish pilgrims called home to God on a Hungarian road

Twelve Polish pilgrims returning from a pilgrimage in Bosnia-Herzegovina died when their coach overturned in Hungary; the Church prays for the dead.

Iter Fidei August 16, 2026

Mass of the solemnity of the Assumption in the parish of San Tommaso da Villanova at Castel Gandolfo, 15 August 2026.

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Assumption at Castel Gandolfo: Mary's flesh glorified, and the true beauty the world overlooks

On the solemnity of the Assumption, Leo XIV preached at Castel Gandolfo on Mary's glorified flesh and on “true beauty,” which the tradition locates in holiness and not in the signs of time.

Iter Fidei August 15, 2026

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, during his visit to Taybeh in the West Bank.

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Taybeh, the last Christian village in the West Bank: the Latin Patriarch celebrates the Assumption there

On 15 August 2026, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem celebrated the Assumption at Taybeh, the last Christian village in the West Bank, now sealed by a military order, and called for the Christian presence in the Holy Land to be preserved.

Iter Fidei August 15, 2026

Portrait of the archbishop who presides over the United States bishops' conference.

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The Traditional Latin Mass: the last word belongs to the pope, not the prefect

The president of the US bishops holds that the last word on the restrictions striking the traditional Latin Mass belongs to the pope, still silent, against a prefect who called them settled.

Iter Fidei August 15, 2026

Bishop Matthieu Rougé of Nanterre at a press conference.

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Assisted dying: France's Constitutional Council upholds the law

France's Constitutional Council upheld the assisted-dying law in full; we measure it against the fifth commandment.

Iter Fidei August 14, 2026

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Leo XIV asks priests for fidelity to the rubrics of the Paul VI Mass

Leo XIV asks priests for fidelity to the approved texts of the Mass and respect for the rites of Paul VI and John Paul II; we measure it against the Tridentine teaching on the ceremonies of the holy sacrifice.

Iter Fidei August 14, 2026

The Archdiocese of San Antonio, in Texas.

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Schism in San Antonio: a priest laicized and excommunicated

A former priest of the Archdiocese of San Antonio has been found guilty of schism, reduced to the lay state and excommunicated for refusing submission to the Roman Pontiff.

Iter Fidei August 14, 2026

Mainz Cathedral seen from the square at dusk.

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German bishop refuses to sanction the lay preaching he admits is forbidden

The bishop of Mainz judges the Roman ban on lay preaching “not entirely consistent” and says he will not sanction the parishes where laypeople preach at Mass.

Iter Fidei August 13, 2026

View of the shrine of Lourdes and the basilica of the Immaculate Conception

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Lourdes Closes Its Shrine to the Society of St Pius X After the Écône Consecrations

The Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes has withdrawn from the Society of St Pius X the right to celebrate Mass and hold public prayer in the shrine, following the decree of schism after the Écône consecrations.

Iter Fidei August 13, 2026

Church officials and indigenous leaders visit the Garo village of Gazarikura in northern Bangladesh on August 13, 2026, after an attack on homes. | Credit: Thokbirim News

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Bangladesh: a Garo Catholic village looted, and the Church refuses collective punishment

A Garo Catholic village in northern Bangladesh was looted after a murder was discovered; the Church demands protection and refuses the collective punishment of a community for the fault of one.

Iter Fidei August 12, 2026

Mass celebrated according to the traditional 1962 Roman Missal.

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Pittsburgh lets its diocesan traditional Mass expire

The Bishop of Pittsburgh will not renew permission to use the 1962 Missal, letting a diocesan traditional Mass expire.

Iter Fidei August 12, 2026

Damage after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake in western Colombia

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Earthquake in Colombia: the Church in mourning calls for prayer and charity

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake devastated western Colombia on 10 August 2026, killing more than a hundred; the episcopate calls for prayer and charity as the Church mobilises.

Iter Fidei August 10, 2026

The Governor of Massachusetts signs the law removing limits on abortion

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Massachusetts abolishes every limit on late-term abortion

Massachusetts becomes the eleventh U.S. state with no legal limit on abortion; its four bishops condemn a measure they call “gravely immoral.”

Iter Fidei August 10, 2026

Illustration on the theme of abortion and unborn life.

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Massachusetts: a law opens late-term abortion more widely

Massachusetts has signed a law widening late-term abortion; we measure the act against the fifth commandment and the perennial teaching of the Church.

Iter Fidei August 10, 2026

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Australia: the last territory moves to legalize euthanasia

Australia’s last territory moves to legalize euthanasia; the Archbishop of Sydney warns and calls for better palliative care.

Iter Fidei August 9, 2026

Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, the Portiuncula, in Assisi.

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At Assisi, Leo XIV calls young Franciscans to become 'new saints'

On the feast of the Transfiguration, at the Portiuncula of Assisi, Leo XIV called the Franciscan youth of the 'GO!' gathering to embrace Sister Poverty and to become 'new saints'.

Iter Fidei August 6, 2026

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Leo XIV to South America November 6 to 17: Uruguay, Argentina, Peru

Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from 6 to 17 November 2026, the first journey of his pontificate to South America.

Iter Fidei August 6, 2026

Letters and documents connected to the case of Fr Marko Rupnik and the Loyola Community.

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Rupnik: twenty-two letters added to the canonical case file

Twenty-two previously unpublished letters from 2000, written by women of the Loyola Community, have been added to the file of Fr Rupnik's canonical trial at the Vatican.

Iter Fidei August 6, 2026

A smiling sister of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm.

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Assisted suicide in New York: a court exempts Catholic nuns

A federal court provisionally exempts Catholic nuns and their care homes from New York's assisted-suicide law, which took effect on 5 August 2026.

Iter Fidei August 5, 2026

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An Arizona court refuses to force the clergy to betray the confessional

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that clergy cannot be forced to reveal what they learn in confession — a principle that protects the Catholic seal.

Iter Fidei August 5, 2026

Wildfires ravaging the Spokane region of Washington State.

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Wildfires in Washington State: the bishop of Spokane calls for prayer and aid

Vast wildfires are ravaging the Spokane region of Washington State: hundreds of homes destroyed and thousands displaced. The bishop calls for prayer and aid.

Iter Fidei August 5, 2026

Father Samuel Opeyemi Oyetoro, the Nigerian priest murdered in Kogi State.

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Nigeria: a priest hacked to death, a Mass stormed, the faithful abducted

A priest hacked to death, a Sunday Mass stormed and the faithful abducted: armed violence strikes the Church in Nigeria once again.

Iter Fidei August 4, 2026

Medieval manuscript containing sermons of St Augustine.

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Two unknown sermons of St Augustine found in a Polish manuscript

Two unknown sermons of St Augustine on the witch of Endor have been identified in a medieval manuscript preserved in Poland.

Iter Fidei August 4, 2026

The dungeon where Saints Peter and Paul were imprisoned, an old engraving.

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A 97-year-old cardinal returns to offer Mass at the communist camp where he was a prisoner

At 97, a cardinal returns to the Albanian camp of Spaç where he said the Latin Mass in secret through eighteen years of imprisonment for the faith.

Iter Fidei August 3, 2026

The Archdiocese of Rabat, in Morocco, placed under the direction of an apostolic administrator.

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Rabat: an apostolic administrator named during the inquiry into Cardinal López Romero

An apostolic administrator has been named for the Archdiocese of Rabat during the preliminary inquiry into Cardinal López Romero, accused of inappropriate conduct which he denies.

Iter Fidei August 3, 2026

The Mass of Saint Gregory at the altar, a painting by Simon Marmion.

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Rome will keep the restrictions on the traditional Mass

Rome makes known that the restrictions on the traditional Roman Mass will be maintained, with no return to the wider freedom once granted.

Iter Fidei August 3, 2026

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In West Bengal, missionaries ordered to leave — two hundred faithful rise around their priest

In West Bengal, Catholic missionaries are ordered to leave under threat; two hundred faithful gather to protect their priest.

Iter Fidei August 3, 2026

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The prefect of Divine Worship mocks the faithful of the traditional Mass — tradition turns his « unity » argument against him

The prefect of Divine Worship mocks the faithful attached to the traditional Mass and rules out any reversal; measured against the Catechism of Trent, the « unity » argument turns against him.

Iter Fidei August 2, 2026

The Martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian, a painting by Fra Angelico.

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Nigeria: bishops demand protection for slaughtered Christians

Amid massacres and kidnappings of Christians, Nigeria's bishops demand the protection the State owes: the measure of a duty betrayed.

Iter Fidei August 2, 2026

The Massacre of the Holy Innocents, a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

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Massachusetts permits abortion up to birth: the law turned against the innocent

Massachusetts strips every restriction from abortion, permitting it up to birth: the measure of a law that turns against the weakest of all.

Iter Fidei August 1, 2026

A church ransacked during the iconoclastic fury, an old painting.

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Three churches profaned in one archdiocese: sacrilege is not vandalism

Three churches of a single French archdiocese were profaned within days: what the world calls vandalism, the Church calls sacrilege.

Iter Fidei July 31, 2026

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In France, the monasteries that kept the Latin are the ones that survive

In France, the monasteries that kept the Divine Office in Latin are the ones escaping closure; we read in it the primacy of prayer.

Iter Fidei July 30, 2026

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Seven churches deprived of the Sunday Mass: the Sacrifice going out for want of priests

An American diocese ends the Sunday Mass in seven churches for want of priests; we measure the loss against the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Iter Fidei July 29, 2026

The parable of the Good Samaritan, a painting by Domenico Fetti.

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Assisted suicide: the British government puts care before death

The British government suspends the assisted-suicide debate in favour of palliative care; we read in it a return to the order of charity.

Iter Fidei July 29, 2026

Moses holding the tablets of the Law, a painting by Rembrandt.

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« Death by organ donation »: when euthanasia becomes a harvest

Physicians propose to kill euthanasia candidates by removing their organs; we measure the act against the fifth commandment.

Iter Fidei July 27, 2026

A photograph of Fr. Jacques Hamel displayed in a church

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Ten years after Fr. Hamel: a priest struck at the altar, his blood joined to the Sacrifice

Ten years after Fr. Hamel was killed at the altar, we measure his witness against martyrdom and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Iter Fidei July 26, 2026

Portrait of the Maronite Patriarch Elias Hoyek

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The « saint patriarch » raised to the altars: Elias Hoyek, shepherd of Lebanon

The Maronite Patriarch Elias Hoyek, the « saint patriarch », is raised to the altars; we measure his life against the ideal of the good shepherd.

Iter Fidei July 25, 2026

Saint Paul in chains before King Agrippa, an old engraving.

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Convicted for quoting the Bible: a confession of faith before the judges

A Christian lawmaker convicted for quoting the Bible brings her case before the highest European court; we measure it against the duty to confess the faith.

Iter Fidei July 25, 2026

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A bishop disappeared in Nicaragua: the Church at prayer for her shepherd in chains

A Nicaraguan bishop has been forcibly disappeared since June; we measure this persecution against the liberty the Church holds from God alone.

Iter Fidei July 23, 2026

Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr, a painting by Domenichino.

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A Christian girl « married » by force in Pakistan: an abduction, not a marriage

A thirteen-year-old Christian girl « married » by force in Pakistan; we measure this abduction against the doctrine of marriage, which exists only by consent.

Iter Fidei July 23, 2026

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A wave of anti-Christian violence in India: the Church of the martyrs calls for justice

A bishop petitions India's highest court against a wave of anti-Christian violence; we measure it against the Church of the martyrs.

Iter Fidei July 22, 2026

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A bishop consecrated in China under the Sino-Vatican accord: the liberty of the Church in question

A bishop was consecrated in China under the Sino-Vatican accord; we measure the arrangement against the liberty the Church holds from Christ alone.

Iter Fidei July 22, 2026

Young faithful carrying palms on Palm Sunday, a painting by Zdzisław Jasiński.

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In Brazil, Catholic youth ask for a reverent liturgy and the firmness of doctrine

A survey finds Brazil's Catholic youth asking for a reverent liturgy and more doctrine; we hear in it the voice of grace.

Iter Fidei July 22, 2026

The Massacre of the Holy Innocents, a painting by Rubens.

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Five aborted children found in the American capital: innocent blood cries out

The remains of five aborted children found in the American capital; we measure abortion against the dignity of the unborn child.

Iter Fidei July 22, 2026

A hand holding that of a bedridden elderly person, evoking end-of-life care.

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Assisted dying: France's law measured against « Thou shalt not kill »

France has passed a « right to assisted dying »; measured against the fifth commandment, the law enshrines the killing of the most vulnerable.

Iter Fidei July 21, 2026