Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez

The apostolic mandate is required to proceed with bishops’ consecrations, which the society did not have for the July 1 ceremony..

“It’s a very good initiative of the pope and very useful for him and for the unity of the Church.”

The Church is facing pressures from within and without that “which push her in every possible direction, except — it seems to us — the right one.”

Pope Leo also expressed his optimism about the recent deal to end the war in Iran that is expected to be signed June 19 in Switzerland.

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” will be published May 25, the Vatican announced.

“The Holy Father continues in his prayers to ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten those responsible for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X so that they may reconsider the …

A new Vatican document describes how the “Anglican heritage” of the Catholic Church’s ordinariates makes a “distinctive contribution” to its evangelization.

Proposed talks would address “minimum requirements necessary for full communion with the Catholic Church” and then outline a canonical statute for the group.

ROME (OSV News) — The head of the Society of St. Pius X will meet with Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, …