In Part II of our interview, His Eminence critiques the World Meeting on Human Fraternity 2025, its “Grace for the World” concert in St. Peter’s Square, and efforts to reshape the Catholic Church.| dianemontagna.substack.com
The group is also respectfully urging Pope Leo to resist efforts to erode Church teaching on homosexual acts through shifts in pastoral practice.| Diane Montagna's Substack
“As a dogmatic theologian I don’t want to be diplomatic. The Catholic Church must proclaim the truth but also contradict lies.”| Diane Montagna's Substack
Today’s statement is the Vatican’s first indication of Pope Leo’s response to the assassination of Christian conservative activist Charlie Kirk.| Diane Montagna's Substack
Sources close to the Vatican say timing of today’s meeting not connected to Charlie Kirk assassination.| Diane Montagna's Substack
“From my heart I wish Pope Leo XIV the grace of God, that he may have the courage to repair this act of abomination which has sullied the holiness of the Jubilee Year.”| dianemontagna.substack.com
“The experience of Christians in Nigeria can be summed up as a Church under Islamist extermination,” Bishop Wilfred Anagbe told a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee earlier this year.| Diane Montagna's Substack
“The promotion of ‘values’ emptied of Christ is powerless to change the world.”| dianemontagna.substack.com
“May your demeanor, your silence, the dignity of your service, the beauty of the liturgy, the order and majesty of the gestures, draw the faithful into the sacred grandeur of the Mystery.”| dianemontagna.substack.com
“What will save the world is man kneeling before God.”| Diane Montagna's Substack
A response to the Vatican’s July 3 statement on the newly released documentation concerning Traditionis Custodes| dianemontagna.substack.com
The just-released Italian book contains not only the sections of the Vatican report I published on July 1, but also important additional findings on the CDF's survey of bishops.| dianemontagna.substack.com
Previously undisclosed documents raise serious questions about the stated rationale for Pope Francis’ 2021 decree restricting the Traditional Latin Mass.| dianemontagna.substack.com
