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The statue of St. Peter holding the keys, outside St. Peter's Basilica.

Vatican transfers task of Ecclesia Dei to the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith

Jan 19, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis issued a motu proprio Saturday ending the pontifical commission Ecclesia Dei and creating an office within the Congregation... Read more

Cardinal Castrillón at a conference in 2010. Castrillón died in Rome the night of May 17-18, 2018.

Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos of Colombia dies at age 88

May 18, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, a Colombian and a former head of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei and of the Congregation... Read more

Pope Francis with a statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, May 13, 2015.

Vatican approves special Fatima feast day for the Traditional Latin Mass

Apr 6, 2017

The Vatican office which governs the use of the extraordinary form of the Roman rite has given priests permission to... Read more

The statue of St. Peter inside the Vatican's St. Peter's Square, Jan. 19, 2015.

SSPX clarifies: Canonical recognition not its primary concern

Jun 29, 2016

After indications of progress toward reconciliation earlier this year, the head of the Society of St. Pius X stated Wednesday... Read more

The statue of St. Peter holding the keys, outside St. Peter's Basilica.

Could reconciliation with the SSPX arrive with ease?

Apr 26, 2016

Pope Francis may soon offer the Society of Saint Pius X regular canonical status within the Church, without requiring the... Read more

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

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Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

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Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Jimmy Lai’s wife, Teresa (left), and retired Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Jimmy Lai takes the stand in yearslong Hong Kong national security trial

Senior fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center Joseph Meaney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Vietnam, with one of the highest abortion rates, leads UN initiative on premature births

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis reads Ukrainian student’s moving testimony of faith at general audience

Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes.

Vatican simplifies funeral rite for popes

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