Posted on 02/15/2026 23:46 PM ()
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops, reflects on the appointment of laypeople to positions of authority in the Roman Curia, asking if it is a concession to be reviewed or an ecclesiological advance.
Posted on 02/15/2026 09:07 AM ()
The Pope travels to the Roman seaside district of Ostia to visit the Parish of St. Mary Queen of Peace and meets with children, young people, and elderly. During Mass, he stresses that the sign of an authentic Christian community is when 'welcome' is more than a word, but “a spirit—opening the door to everyone.”
Posted on 02/15/2026 04:01 AM ()
Cyclone Gezani has become the second major storm to strike Madagascar this year, arriving just 10 days after Tropical Cyclone Fytia killed 14 people and displaced more than 31,000.
Posted on 02/15/2026 02:32 AM ()
After praying the Angelus, Pope Leo expresses his closeness with those reeling from the effects of the back-to-back cyclones in Madagascar, where some 16,000 people have been displaced.
Posted on 02/15/2026 02:25 AM ()
In his Angelus reflections on the Sunday Gospel, Pope Leo explains how the Gospel teaches us that we must love greatly for true righteousness.
Posted on 02/14/2026 06:30 AM (USCCB News Releases)
WASHINGTON - Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Patrick J. Zurek, 77, from the Office of Bishop of Amarillo. At the same time, he has appointed His Eminence Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop emeritus of Galveston-Houston, as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Amarillo to serve until the appointment and installation of the new bishop.
The resignation and appointment were publicized in Washington, D.C. on February 14, 2026, by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
The Diocese of Amarillo is comprised of 25,800 square miles in the State of Texas.
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Posted on 02/14/2026 05:48 AM ()
Colombia's bishops concluded their 120th Plenary Assembly with a call to the country for conversion and dialogue. The bishops also urged citizens to take part in the upcoming elections, exercising their right to vote “in full freedom and conscience, without corruption.”
Posted on 02/14/2026 04:38 AM ()
A Palestinian official in the occupied West Bank has labelled Israel's latest expansion of control there as a brutal blow to peace efforts.
Posted on 02/14/2026 03:17 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as a Member of the Dicastery for Bishops, as she continues her service as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
Posted on 02/14/2026 02:41 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the National Confederation of the Misericordie of Italy, and encourages lay people to live out the Christian faith in acts of charity that respond to the needs of our times.
