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Pope Leo XIV has appointed a parish priest as the new bishop of the Diocese of Kalibo. Cyril Buhayan Villareal, 51, will succeed the retired Bishop Jose Corazon Tala-oc. The announcement came in a Holy See press release on January 25.
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In his Epiphany homily, Pope Leo XIV delivered an uncomfortable message to global political leaders, likening them to Herod for reacting with fear and violence to change. The pontiff stressed the need for an open rationality, inspired by the Magi, particularly relevant for Latin America plagued by instability and corruption.
Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, has expressed his “pain” over the Vatican's investigation into the bishop of Cádiz and Ceuta, Rafael Zornoza, for alleged sexual abuse of a minor in the 1990s. While acknowledging the “plausibility” of the complaint, he upholds the presumption of innocence for the prelate. This is the first time a canonical investigation of a bishop for pedophilia has been publicly known in Spain.
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Vid en vatikansk minnesceremoni för 60-årsjubileet av Nostra Aetate underströk påve Leo XIV deklarationens bestående uppmaning till interreligiös dialog och bekräftade på nytt kyrkans avvisande av antisemitism och alla former av diskriminering.