Pope Leo XIV has confirmed Cardinal Reinhard Marx as coordinator of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy, the body that approves the Holy See’s budget, even as 26 of Marx’s own Munich priests formally challenge his same-sex blessing guidelines and warn they may appeal to Rome. One day earlier, the Pope received Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, a staunch defender of Catholic moral teaching, amid ongoing health problems and speculation about an early retirement. Plus: the Diocese of Providence announces LGBT gatherings with Mass celebrated by the bishop, a model London tried and abandoned a decade ago.
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