The Washington Archdiocese saw two episcopal ordinations while the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston welcomed a new bishop from Washington.

The gathering will take place during the pope’s July stay at the papal villa and will include prayer, a guided visit to Borgo Laudato Si’, and a meal with people served by Catholic charities in Rome.

The bishops of Oslo and Copenhagen have condemned the Society of St. Pius X consecrations as schism while pledging to protect the traditional liturgy within the Church.

The pontiff sent a letter on July 8 to be read at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

Announced during the feast of St. Sunniva on the island of Selja, the cause for the celebrated novelist and Catholic convert is expected to open its diocesan phase this fall.

The unique collection features a wide variety of easily recognizable Christian symbols that require no attribution and can be freely resized, recolored, and adapted.

The data was compiled through a three-year process of research and inter-diocesan collaboration in which documentation from the dicastery was cross-referenced with that of each Spanish diocese.

The cathedral has reopened but restoration work remains to be done, including on the western rose window.

The dispute stems from a 2011 federal rule requiring employers to include contraception coverage in employee health plans under the Affordable Care Act.

If a bill passed by the state House eliminating the tax credits becomes law, scholarship organizations would lose their funding source and students would lose tuition assistance.