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Luke Coppen retweeted
Pope Leo greets pilgrims at the Sunday Angelus, his first scheduled event since leaving hospital on Saturday.
In his words to pilgrims the Pope spoke of his experience in hospital, saying:
"I would like to thank all those who have prayed for me in recent days. I have truly sensed your support. Thank you!
I wish to express my particular gratitude to the doctors, nurses and all the staff of the Gemelli Hospital.
This experience has made me feel particularly close to all those who are living with illness or infirmity.
Now that I have overcome this delicate phase, as you know, I will gradually resume my activities, always with God’s help and your prayers."
Luke Coppen retweeted
The Holy See Press Office has released two photos of Pope Leo XIV during his hospital stay at the Gemelli. This morning, the Pope celebrated Mass at 12:00 PM in a room on the tenth floor of the hospital. He personally distributed Communion.
(Photo © Vatican Media)
Luke Coppen retweeted
1/8 As I prepare to leave Rome after five remarkable years at @UKinHolySee, a few memories from an extraordinary posting. It began in 2021 with my arrival in Rome and one of my earliest highlights: meeting Pope Francis. Rome and its diplomatic community soon became a second home
Luke Coppen retweeted
How the pope's health will impact his upcoming South America trip:
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What does the Pope’s cancer mean for the Church? Will he now start making changes more quickly? New Holy Smoke with brilliant commentary from @canonlawyered spectator.com/podcast/should…
A consultation has found “a remarkable consensus” about the advantages of unifying the three English dioceses of Hallam, Leeds, and Middlesbrough. 🏴
Combined average Mass attendance in the three dioceses declined by around 52% over the past 25 years.
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“Concerning ‘irregular’ relationships, I find our Catholic communities normally embrace these maturely and well.”
— Bishop Erik Varden on the Vatican’s ‘Amoris laetitia’ meeting
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The new Bishop of Haimen, China, is 40 years old: tinyurl.com/466e5un3
Fr. Ignatius Ding Zu-yao (丁祖耀) (40) is consecrated as Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China 🇨🇳) gcatholic.org/dioceses/dioce…
This makes him one of the world's youngest bishops: tinyurl.com/2398epw5
ALT Screenshot from https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/sage.html
The youngest bishop in union with the Holy See, it seems: tinyurl.com/mw5s8h4c
ALT Screenshot from https://gcatholic.org/hierarchy/bishops-youngest
“We call upon those who have the power to restore peace, whether elders, traditional rulers, youth leaders, or public officials, to do so in justice and truth.”
— Bishop William Avenya 🇳🇬
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Luke Coppen retweeted
Archbishop Richard Moth, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, said: “We now know that Pope Leo was diagnosed with lung carcinoma and, in this month of the Holy Rosary, we entrust his recovery to the maternal care of Our Lady Health of the Sick.
Read more: cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-rich… – at London, England
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The Vatican has not released information about the staging of the cancer, or the pope’s prognosis.
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This is the moment that a blast wave from a Russian drone strike shattered windows and damaged the doors of Caritas-Spes Ukraine’s humanitarian support center in Odesa on Oct. 10.
Wczoraj wieczorem w Odessie rosyjskie drony uderzyły w budynek Caritas. Przed budynkiem bawiły się dzieci pod opieką rodziców, na szczęście nikt nie ucierpiał. Budynek nie nadaje się obecnie do użytku, nie ma drzwi i okien, ale mamy nadzieję, że już za kilka dni powrócą zajęcia indywidualne i grupowe. Działamy dalej!
“The Holy See reaffirms that it attaches no value to knighthood diplomas and related insignia issued by unrecognized organizations and does not consider the use of churches and chapels for so-called ‘investiture ceremonies’ to be appropriate.”
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Full text: tinyurl.com/364shxmr
ALT Clarification from the Vatican Secretariat of State on the Holy See and the Equestrian Orders
Luke Coppen retweeted
His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has today, 10 October, appointed Bishop Timothy Menezes as the new Bishop of Brentwood.
Bishop Timothy, until now an Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, succeeds Bishop Alan Williams, S.M., whose resignation has been accepted by the Holy Father having turned 75 years old on 15 March 2026.
Read more: cbcew.org.uk/new-bishop-for-…
Interesting points. Perhaps also worth noting that we now have a pope whose mother tongue is English and a dean of the College of Cardinals whose mother tongue is Tagalog.
