Pope Francis announced that he is preparing an apostolic letter on St. Thérèse of Lisieux to be published on October 15

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  Four new bishops have been ordered, in defiance of an appeal by Pope Leo XIV who described it as a "schismatic act"; They are members of controversial Society of Saint Pius X, or Lefebrvistes, that rejects modernization introduced by the Vatican in '60-70

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  Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter was issued on 25 May; titled Magnifica humanitas in Latin, it is translated as Magnificent Humanity or On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence

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  The Institute for the Works of Religions releases its 2025 Annual Report posting a 51 million euro net income and a dividend to the Pope of 24,3 million euro, a 10-year-record net income

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  New data from the Annuario Pontificio 2026 and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2024 highlight trends in baptized populations across the five continents, with a remarkable increase in the number of Catholics in Africa

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