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- Giorgia Meloni: 7 Things to Know About Italy’s Likely New Catholic Prime Minister
  
  Antonio Masiello Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) holds a "Thank You Italy" sign during a press conference at the party...
- Cardinal Zen on Trial: Several Catholic Bishops and Other Leaders Offer Support
  
  Screenshot from livestream of Mass Catholic leaders, scholars, and human rights activists publicly express their solidarity with Cardinal Zen as...
- Cardinal Arinze Explains Why Belgian Bishops Cannot Bless Same-Sex Couples
  
  Padre Mimmo Spatuzzi via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). The cardinal said their approach is not pastoral and ignores Catholic teaching.
News from the Vatican
- Pope encourages young Catholics to use ‘creative courage’ to evangelize
  
  Pope Francis encouraged young Catholics to take an active role -- not be spectators -- in the church's mission.
- Seek silence amid noisy world, pope tells Capuchin sisters
  
  The humility of silence can help Christians sift through the loud and divisive noise in the world in order to listen to and discern God's will, Pope Francis told a group of Capuchin sisters.
- Pope names prefect, secretary for Dicastery of Culture and Education
  
  Pope Francis has named Portuguese Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça to be prefect of the new Dicastery for Culture and Education and has named Italian Msgr. Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi to be secretary...