Day: October 7, 2025

Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic letter issued “motu proprio” creates new standards for Vatican investments and repeals a 2022 rescript from Pope Francis related to the administration and management of the Holy See’s financial activities, according to an Oct. 6 Vatican News report.  Pope Leo’s Sept. 29 apostolic letter “Coniuncta cura” is available in Italian … Read moreIn first ‘motu proprio’ Pope Leo sets new norms regulating Vatican investments

Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn has reduced the number of local churches that celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) from three to two, out of sustainability concerns, according to a statement the diocese shared with CatholicVote Oct. 2.  “Bishop Brennan very much wants to meet the needs of the people, and has … Read moreCiting attendance rates and priest shortage, Brooklyn bishop reduces Traditional Latin Masses from three to two churches

Police arrested a 23-year-old man accused of attacking a Virgin Mary statue with a hammer at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, Connecticut. Officers responded at around 8 a.m. Oct. 1 after receiving reports of a disturbance involving a weapon, and they found the suspect, later identified as Kyran Atkinson, striking the statue, … Read morePolice stop man from destroying Virgin Mary statue at Connecticut basilica