Concubinages may contain “authentic love” - Leo XIV-appointed Bishop at the 'Amoris Laetitia' meeting.
At the Vatican meeting marking ten years of Amoris Laetitia, Bishop Stephen Fernandes, 65, spoke on October 9 about accompanying unmarried couples. Leo XIV had apointed him as auxiliary bishop of Bombay, India, in October 2025.
Discussing differences between countries, Bishop Fernandes said: “The Gospel remains one, but pastoral pathways cannot be identical everywhere.”
Addressing cohabitation, he said that “we should resist both indifference and condemnation.”
He proposed asking: “What is already good in their relationship? Where can we discern signs of generosity, fidelity, responsibility and grace?”
Fernandes also questioned whether moving such couples toward marriage should be the sole objective:
“The question is not simply: How can we move this couple towards a wedding? It is also: Are these two people truly called to marriage, and are they ready to enter into a lifelong marital …

Cardinal notes “changing understandings of gender,” says Church must discern how to change.
At Leo XIV's meeting marking ten years of Amoris Laetitia on October 8, Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão delivered a speech on the challenges facing families in Asia. He is the President of the Conference of Bishops of India.
Discussing changes in the “identity, nature and composition of the family,” the cardinal observed that “new forms of partnership and cohabitation are emerging, amid changing understandings of gender and relationships in urban settings.”
Reflecting on what the Church has learned from its pastoral work, Ferrão declared: “Pastoral work is itself a place of discernment. We don't arrive with ready-made answers. We discern together with families and, in doing so, we learn how the Church herself is being asked to change.”
In his conclusion, the cardinal stated that “there is no single stereotype of an ideal family” and asked, “What is the Holy Spirit asking the Church to change – not …

Leo XIV warns against those who “radicalize” Catholic teaching.
Pope Leo XIV spoke during a Eucharist in St. Peter’s Basilica marking the opening of the 2026–2027 academic year for Rome’s Pontifical Universities.
He said: “In every age, there is no shortage of false teachers who exploit the religious sentiments of many believers for their own interests, often pushing them to radicalize certain aspects of the teaching they have received at the expense of the whole — the whole, which is Christ and his Gospel.”
Leo XIV then invented a Church’s responsibility for both “to safeguard” the revelation but also “to develop, within diverse contexts, a prayerful understanding of it”.
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¡Así celebró el obispo Giuseppe Luigi Spiga de Grajaú, Brasil, el Día Nacional de la Juventud!

Peter Thiel: “The pope recently issued this AI encyclical, or I would characterize it as an anti-AI encyclical. “And again, maybe it was too harsh, but the rhetorical point I have on it is that the Communist Party of China is not going to listen to the pope. “There’s a chance people in the U.S. will. And so, in effect, the pope’s encyclical was working for the Communist Party. “I’m not saying he was an agent of the Communists, but he was at least acting as a useful idiot for the CCP.”

Leo XIV appoints military bishop who wants to “make a different Church”, and is open to female deacons and Communion for homosexuals.
On September 14, Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, 58, as Military Ordinary for Bolivia.
The Passionist bishop has served as apostolic administrator of the Military Ordinary since 2022, alongside his duties as auxiliary bishop of La Paz.
Fuentes represented the Bolivian bishops at both sessions of the Synod on Synodality in Rome in 2023 and 2024.
"Synodality Is Nature of Church"
In October 2023 he spoke of having “the courage to build a different kind of church”.
In June 2024, he defined synodality as “the very nature of the Church”.
In July 2024, he repeated: “The Synod on Synodality is a way of being the Church.” And: “This is the Church’s identity: listening to one another, sharing, walking together, maturing together, growing together,”
Communion for Homosexuals
In October 2023, Monsignor Fuentes spoke about Holy Communion …

Houthi tribal mobilization shows long lines of armed Toyota technicals in the desert, the classic Yemen war image.
Bani Hashish tribes pledge readiness to march on Marib, the last major government stronghold in the north.
Toyota pickups with mounted guns remain the backbone of Houthi ground power.
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During his visit to the Apostolic Library, LeoneXIV is offered a cake to celebrate his 71st birthday.

Houthi tribal mobilization shows long lines of armed Toyota technicals in the desert, the classic Yemen war image.
Bani Hashish tribes pledge readiness to march on Marib, the last major government stronghold in the north.
Toyota pickups with mounted guns remain the backbone of Houthi ground power.
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— Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s top security adviser Günter Sautter, and security advisers from the UK, France, and Italy were aboard a chartered night train from Kyiv when a Russian drone struck the locomotive of a passenger train on the same route near the Polish border, Der Spiegel reports.
Their train was stopped and partially evacuated at around 5 a.m. before the all-clear was given. The officials were returning from the YES security conference in Kyiv.
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump named as the most influential Jews, per the Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post’s annual “50 Most Influential Jews” list has ranked Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at No. 1 Jews
Benjamin Netanyahu at No. 2.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ranks No. 21, described as “the Jewish face of Ukraine’s resistance” openly admitting that Jews are heavily involved in the war against Russia.
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Only two priests left the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) after the 1 July episcopal consecrations in Ecône. Father Franz Schmidberger, 79, a former Superior General, mentioned the number in his weekly newsletter on September 14. The Fraternity has more than 730 priests.
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Why are there so few Black bishops in America? “The short answer is racism.” America’s youngest bishop, Robert Boxie, Auxiliary of Washington.

Nel video, padre Agnello Stoia parroco della Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, dice :" ...il diavolo, per quanto mi stia molto simpatico, e non è mai così brutto come lo dipingono sicuramente... che magari mette pepe un pò nella vita della gente..."

"Clear abuse of office" - Cardinal Müller criticises German bishops for their anti-AfD stance.
After the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller accused German bishops of interfering in party politics in an interview with Kontrafunk.radio on 11 September.
When asked about the [Berlin Archbishop Heiner Koch's] idea that the Church could do without Catholics who vote the 'wrong' way, Müller responded: "In my view, this is quite simply a clear abuse of office."
The Church, he added, is "not a trade union".
"When it comes to party-political preferences, bishops have no right to call into question the civil rights of Catholics."
Müller also dismissed comparisons between the AfD and National Socialism as "far-fetched". Nazism was an ideology that was incompatible with Christianity. By contrast, the AfD has "a political programme that every individual citizen can judge for themselves".
His message to Germany’s bishops: "Bishops …

Why are there so few Black bishops in America? “The short answer is racism.” America’s youngest bishop, Robert Boxie, Auxiliary of Washington.

Statement of the Diocese Regarding Monsignor Roger J. Landry - Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River
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Statement of the Diocese Regarding Monsignor Roger J. Landry
September 11, 2026
The Diocese of Fall River has received allegations against Monsignor Roger J. Landry from multiple individuals. These include allegations of violations of the Codes of Conduct for Priests for both the Diocese of Fall River and Archdiocese of New York. Monsignor Landry is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River who has been serving in several special assignments outside the Diocese since 2015. In July 2024, he was appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States and currently resides in New York.
There are no allegations involving minors.
Following an initial investigation conducted by the Archdiocese of New York, where Monsignor Landry’s ministry is based, the Diocese of Fall River, after consultation with …

Honoring Idol Barong in Bali: The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue participated in a gathering in Indonesia organized by Scholas Occurrentes and United in Diversity.

Saint Mary’s College Hosts Women’s Preaching Conference In “Conservative” Bishop’s Diocese
Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana — a sister school of the University of Notre Dame — seems to be fully on board with preparatory indoctrination for the next phase of the postconciliar religion.
According to the college’s own website, it recently welcomed 27 women for the first summer intensive of PROCLAIM, a 22-month formation program intended to develop Catholic women as “ministers of the Word and preachers in settings permitted by the Catholic Church.”
While claiming to operate within the boundaries of Canon Law, the initiative seems to be an open indication of the direction in which the postconciliar Church is going: a case of “changing hearts,” to borrow Leo XIV’s language, in order to later change dogmas, doctrine, and disciplines.
The fact that the college’s own article states that the event’s organizers “invited and received the support” of the supposedly conservative Bishop …

No Mass in St. Peter’s: Roman Rite Pilgrimage Moves to St. Mary Major
The final programme for the annual Rome pilgrimage of the Traditional Roman Rite (23–25 October) has been announced.
However, there is a notable change this year: the pilgrims will enter St Peter's Basilica at 1 p.m. to pray, but there will be no Mass.
Instead, pilgrims will travel to the Basilica of St Mary Major, where Bishop Athanasius Schneider will celebrate Mass at 3 p.m.
On Friday evening, Bishop Schneider will preside over Pontifical Vespers at the Pantheon.
Unlike in previous years, no cardinal is scheduled to celebrate the principal liturgies.
On Sunday, the traditional Feast of Christ the King, Masses will be held at San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini and Sant’Anna al Laterano.
The organisers have expressed their gratitude to Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, Archpriest of St Mary Major, for welcoming the pilgrims.
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