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Pope Leo XIV Names Alessandra Smerilli Prefect of Human Development Dicastery

Set to take effect on September 1, the move advances the Vatican's gradual strategy of appointing women to senior Curia posts.

Vatican Warns Society of St. Pius X: July Bishop Consecrations Would Be Schismatic

Australian Bishop Anthony Randazzo Named Vatican’s Chief Legal Official

Traditionalist SSPX Defies Vatican, Confirms July 1 Bishop Consecrations Without Papal Mandate

Vatican Alters African Cardinals’ Birth Records to Adjust Conclave Eligibility

Cardinals Prepare for Historic Conclave to Elect Pope Francis’s Successor

Vatican Faces Unresolved Age Dispute Over Cardinal's Conclave Eligibility

Vatican Readies for Papal Conclave with Record Diversity and Strategic Debates

Papst Franziskus kämpft weiterhin mit schwerer Krankheit – Zustand bleibt ernst

Pope Francis Appoints 21 New Cardinals to Advance Church Reforms