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The prelate and the other advocates had been charged with forcible entry and maintaining illegal barricades.

Bishop Mangalinao described the dismissal of charges as a “victory for truth, justice, and the collective efforts of communities who courageously stand to protect our land, water and future generations.”

Referring to the scheduled ordinations of bishops without a papal mandate, the Society’s leaders said that “just days before the episcopal consecrations scheduled for 1 July in Écône, it seems to us that the time has come for the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X to make a full profession of Catholic Faith.”

“We hope that one day this doctrinal text may serve as a basis for an honest discussion with the Holy See, in a spirit of peace, brotherhood, and charity,” they added.

“I acknowledge in particular that modern errors represent a dreadful threat to the whole of the Catholic order, and that their penetration into the life of the Church, under the influence of the Second Vatican Council and the post-conciliar reforms, has provoked a crisis of exceptional gravity,” they stated in their profession.

Last month, the homilies were released in Italian.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, sent a message in Pope Leo’s name to the Caritas Internationalis Health Conference, which is taking place at Castel Gandolfo.

L’Osservatore Romano devoted a prominent front-page article in its June 24 edition to the plight of miners in the epicenter of the Ebola crisis.

Participants “reflected on the challenges facing contemporary societies and reaffirmed the importance of dialogue and collaboration as means of fostering understanding, solidarity and hope,” according to the dicastery. “In this context, they acknowledged the foundational role of fraternity for building cohesive and peaceful communities.”

“The lives of all Kenyans matter, not only the lives of the high and mighty,” the bishops said in their June 23 statement. “These tragedies reveal a deeper crisis of human and moral formation.”

The Church “cannot remain distant from the lived experience of maritime workers,” said Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., the dicastery’s prefect. “The Lord who entered the boat with his disciples continues to draw near to those who navigate the seas and inland waterways of our time, and the Church is called to make that closeness visible through her presence and ministry.”

Pope Leo XIV marked the centenary of the establishment of the Lithuanian ecclesiastical province with a Latin-language letter to his special envoy to the Mass commemorating the occasion.