However, Auxiliary Bishop Robertus Mutsaertsof of ’s-Hertogenbosch said that “there is no necessary contradiction between synodality and tradition.” He explained:

Imagine a synodal Church asking every parish: Why are your baptized teenagers disappearing? Why have confessions collapsed? Where are young families attending Mass? Why? Where are young adults requesting baptism? What brought them to Christ?

That would be synodality ordered towards salus animarum [the salvation of souls].

“The Dicastery holds that there is no licit means by which the Diocesan Bishop can involuntarily require the alienation of such a large percentage of the patrimony of the juridic person of a parish,” the dicastery reportedly stated. The dicastery’s decision was announced on the Facebook page of the group Save Holy Apostles Parish.

In response to a query from the Parents’ Network for Child Protection and Prevention, the Dicastery for Culture and Education affirmed the continued authority of “Male and Female He Created Them,” a 2019 document on gender theory. The parents believe there are 20 contradictions between the archdiocesan framework and the Vatican document.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published the translations on its website.

Pope Leo XIV concluded his brief pastoral visit to the Italian city of Rimini on August 22 by celebrating an outdoor evening Mass at the city’s port (video).

At the conclusion of his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV called for aid for the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid the Ebola epidemic there.

Patriarch Garegin (Karekin) II has led the Church since 1999. The Armenian Apostolic Church is among the Oriental Orthodox churches that ceased to be in full communion with the Holy See following the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon (451).

Reflecting on the Gospel reading of the day (Matthew 16:13-20), Pope Leo XIV encouraged pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address (video) to ponder Christ’s question, “Who do you say that I am?”

Following his visit to the nation of San Marino on August 22, Pope Leo XIV made a pastoral visit to the Italian city of Rimini, where he addressed the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, an annual conference organized by the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation.

In a brief address in Rimini Cathedral, Pope Leo XIV encouraged people who are disabled, poor, or sick to encounter Jesus Christ and take an active part in the life of the Church.