Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi

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Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Dec 4, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

The Vatican published on Dec. 4 the summary of the work carried out by the commissions studying the possibility of... Read more

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Official image of the “Pray with the Pope” campaign for January 2026. | Credit: World Prayer Network

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Pope Leo XIV arrives at St. Peter’s Basilica for a Mass with cardinals on Jan. 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

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Participants gather for worship at the MEHR conference in Augsburg, Germany, Jan. 3–6, 2026. | Credit: Andreas Thonhauser/EWTN

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Pope Leo XIV in the “Pray with the Pope” video released on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network

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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, mother church of the Archdiocese of Bangalore in India. | Credit: Saad Faruque via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals during the extraordinary consistory on Jan. 7, 2026, in Vatican City. | Credit: Vatican Media

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An architectural rendering shows the planned Church of the Holy Trinity in Neratovice, Czech Republic. The Noah’s Ark-inspired design by architect Zdeněk Fránek features a green roof and may become the world’s largest 3D-printed church. | Credit: The Neratovice Community Center Foundation

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