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Neither move necessarily represents a repudiation of Francis’s objectives

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The two cases share an unusual feature: both countries have Catholic majorities and constitutional arrangements in which the Church or a Catholic head of state retains an institutional role. Yet they illustrate two very different ways in which questions of abortion, political authority and conscience can collide.

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Can entrepreneurship become a new form of evangelization?

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The 16-vote defeat on September 11 was striking not only because the proposal failed, but because of how dramatically the political landscape had shifted

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Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Primate of Mexico, announced the decision, describing it as a time of grace for the faithful. The concession was made through the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican institution responsible, among other matters, for granting and regulating indulgences.

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The contrasting decisions at two of Catholicism’s great Marian shrines have brought an unresolved question inside the Church into unusually sharp focus: how should sacred art be treated when its creator is accused of serious abuse?

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Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

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Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, September 13, 2026

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“Truth Heals”: Why the Church Must Put Victims Before Its Reputation

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The organizers have not been barred from entering St. Peter’s. Their procession will arrive there on Saturday morning, pass through security and gather inside the basilica at 1 p.m. for prayer. What they have not received is authorization to celebrate their pilgrimage Mass there.

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