Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.S.C., of Astana, Kazakhstan, wrote in a new essay that “with a spirit of magnanimity, the Supreme Pontiff, as a true father, could build a bridge to the SSPX, this portion of his flock, and permit the episcopal consecrations on an exceptional basis in order to foster a climate in which, through greater mutual trust, a solution to the doctrinal questions and the corresponding juridical arrangements may be found patiently and gradually.”

Shortly after the archdiocese petitioned for a visa renewal for Deacon Martin Umeatuegbu, the Trump administration designated Nigeria a high-risk country and put visa applications from Nigerians on hold.

The Pope “joins in prayer with the people of the Dioceses and of Mozambique in this hour of bewilderment, so that the Lord may give them consolation, so that he may guard in his love every man and woman and stop the hand of violence,” the press office added.

A Serbian Orthodox church in Tuzla, the third largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was recently desecrated, the Serbian Times reported.

“From a purely human and theological perspective, too, it is inconceivable that two thousand bishops at the Council and all the popes to date have erred in dogmatic matters or deviated from the apostolic tradition, save for a single bishop who, through illegal episcopal ordinations alone, ensures the survival of the Church, which Jesus promised to the Apostle Peter,” Cardinal Müller said in an interview with the Austrian news agency kath.net.

He added:

One would hope that the FSSPX will not remain confined to its own circle, but instead look to the Church as a whole and learn from the mistakes of Church history. The Fraternity should not follow the path of the Donatists, the Jansenists, and the Old Catholics. One extreme does not justify the other.

Neither so-called progressivism, which surrenders the revealed truth of Christ to the shifting currents of the zeitgeist, nor traditionalism, which reduces the entire tradition of the Church to a few fixed ideas, can be the way of the Church that the Risen Lord has chosen as a sacrament, that is, as a sign and instrument.

The Holy See Press Office said in a statement that “after the Provincial Superior’s greeting, the Pope addressed those present with words of gratitude for the opportunity to meet, emphasizing how communion and unity of heart among Augustinians can serve as a message to the world at this moment in history.”

Pope Leo highlighted the importance of the vocation of contemplative sisters, “also in order to give meaning to social action, at a time when silence and humanity’s ability to enter into one’s own heart are being lost,” according to the statement.

During a recent homily in Switzerland, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity said that “martyrdom truly belongs to the heart of Christianity” and that “today, there are more martyrs than in the first centuries of Church history.”

Pope Leo XIV met last evening with Spanish cultural and business leaders and encouraged them not to be afraid of Jesus Christ.

In a video message to the Sixth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy, Pope Leo XIV said that “it is a source of great joy and true hope when we experience how merciful God is towards each one of us and how good it is for us to renew our trust in his mercy.”

Pope Leo XIV addressed the Spanish Parliament this morning in the Palacio de las Cortes and urged lawmakers to respect the dignity of every human person in their decisions about the unborn, parental rights, migration, peace, religious freedom, and the seal of Confession.