The diocesan bishop, Bishop David Oakley, was charged last week with two counts of rape of a girl under 16. The BBC, citing a police statement, reported that the alleged rapes took place between February 2000 and February 2001.

Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, reported that evolving international financial regulations led to the new statutes.

Pope Benedict XVI established the Financial Information Authority in 2010; Pope Francis issued new statutes in 2013 and 2020, when he gave the body its current name. Pope Leo’s chirograph, dated June 25, was released on June 30.

Defying a plea from Pope Leo XIV, the Society of Saint Pius X proceeded today with its planned consecration of four bishops without a pontifical mandate.

In an audience with a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Pope Leo XIV said that Christians are “called to be a credible sign of peace.”

Pope Leo’s apostolic letter, Confirma Fratres Tuos, “simplifies and streamlines the distribution of responsibilities among the various bodies,” Vatican News reported. “The role of the Cardinal Vicar as head of the Vicariate and ordinary judge of the diocese is confirmed, while coordination of the Offices and the administrative structure is entrusted to the Moderator curiae [moderator of the curia], appointed by the Holy Father for a five-year term.”

The new document, dated June 24, was released on June 30.

In a defeat for the transgender movement, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that states are permitted to “determine eligibility for female sports based on biological sex.”

“The treasures of Catholic Tradition do not belong outside communion with Peter; they belong at the heart of the Church,” the signatories wrote. “A new episcopal ordination outside the ecclesial hierarchy without the Apostolic mandate would create a new wound in the Body of Christ and place the gifts that God has entrusted to the Society, which belong to the Church and are ordered towards unity with her, outside of her maternal embrace.”

Father Crépin Martial Monga, who ministered in the Diocese of Bangassou, coordinated the Local Committee for Peace and Reconciliation. The Central African Republic Civil War began in 2012.

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for July 2026 is “let us pray for the respect and protection of human life in all its stages, recognizing it as a gift from God.”

The Holy See Press Office this morning announced leadership changes in three of the Vatican’s 16 dicasteries.