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The SSPX Again Says No to the Catholic Church

COMMENTARY: The Society’s answers will always be No, even when the Church first offers Yes. Numerous accounts of
St. John Paul II and a young Robert Francis Prevost, wearing the black habit of the Augustinians. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Augustinian Midwest Province (USA) Our Mother of Good Counsel

Vatican releases biopic on Pope Leo XIV’s early years in Rome

The Dicastery for Communication released a documentary on July 1 about the then-Robert Prevost’s two decades in the
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu gives the keynote address at the closing dinner for the EWTN Summer Academy in Rome on July 1, 2026. | Credit: Lemmy Ogbonnaya Ijioma/EWTN Summer Academy

Vatican official to Catholic journalists: Be ‘disciples before influencers’

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu reflected on the importance of communicating the truth in a digital age of trends. Editor’s
A cemetery on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where on July 4, 2026, Pope Leo XIV will visit the graves of migrants and refugees who died while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Crosses made from the wood of shipwrecked boats mark the graves of children. | Credit: Tiziana Fabi via Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV to spend July 4 with migrants on Italian island of Lampedusa

Only about 80 miles from Tunisia, Lampedusa is a main gateway for Africans escaping poverty and violence to
Portrait of St. Pius X. Imaged designed in Canva by Jacob Stein.

What is the SSPX? A look at the traditionalist Catholic group in schism with the Church

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is a traditionalist group that is not in full communion with
Schismatic bishops Alfonso de Galarreta, left, and Bernard Fellay during the illicit episcopal ordinations performed on July 1, 2026, by the Society of St. Pius X. | Credit: SSPX

2 SSPX bishops hold dubious distinction of being excommunicated twice

Society of St. Pius X bishops Galarreta and Fellay have been excommunicated twice: by Pope John Paul II

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