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Vatican foreign minister, in Moscow, says Ukraine war must end

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican envoy and Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See, attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia August 25, 2026. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool

Vatican to build $148m renewable energy plant, sources say

The power plant will be built at the Vatican-owned Santa Maria di Galeria estate on Rome’s north-western outskirts.

Vatican denies decision made in abuse trial against artist priest Rupnik

A view shows St. Peter's Basilica as seen from Rome, Italy, May 18, 2025. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Spanish Cardinal suspends himself after sexual assault allegations

Cardinal Cristobal Lopez Romero walks, following the death of Pope Francis, in Rome, Italy, April 22, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Pope Leo praises US history of welcoming immigrants at 250th anniversary

Pope Leo leads the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, June 29, 2026. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Excommunications show a Pope Leo unafraid of making firm decisions

Pope Leo waving after leading the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on June 29.

What to know about Society of St Pius X, the Catholic traditionalists in new schism

Priests receiving episcopal consecration during a pontifical mass organised by Society of Saint Pius X in Econe, Switzerland, on July 1.

Members of rebel Catholic group in schism, excommunicated: Vatican

The Vatican on July 2 said the two bishops who led the unauthorised ordination had been excommunicated, along with the four priests who had become new bishops.

Rebel Catholic group’s forbidden ordinations caused ‘schism’, Vatican cardinal says

Priests receive blessings from newly ordained priests, after an ordination ceremony of the traditionalist Catholic Society of St Pius X, in Econe, near Sion, western Switzerland, on June 29. Defying Vatican, Society of St Pius X ordained its own bishops on July 1, 2026.

Breakaway Catholic society defies Vatican again by ordaining bishops

The Society of Saint Pius X intends to appoint two French, one American and one Swiss as bishops.

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