AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoVatican Diplomacy in Moscow: Pope Leo XIV’s top diplomat, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, met Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, urging that the Ukraine war “must end,” as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said peace talks are on a “deep pause.” Humanitarian Relief: The Pope sent emergency funds via the Dicastery for Charity to Caritas Nepal as flash floods on the Nepal–China border left hundreds dead and thousands missing. Papal Life at Castel Gandolfo: Pope Leo XIV marked the Feast of Our Lady of the Lake with a Mass and a historic boat procession on Lake Albano—reported as the first time a pope traveled by boat there—while he told the faithful not to let injustice corrupt their hearts. Church Governance: A new motu proprio, Mutua concordia, gives Eastern Catholic synods a procedure to remove patriarchs for grave reasons, with papal assent required. U.S. Church-State Tensions: A U.S. DOJ report says Biden-era FBI targeting of “traditional Catholics” involved surveillance and plans to treat clergy as “tripwires,” while Florida’s bishops continue fighting vaccine-exemption rules in Catholic schools.
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