San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is pictured in a 2024 file photo. (OSV News/Courtesy of Archdiocese of San Francisco)
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As Pope Leo XIV continues to rearrange Vatican personnel, his appointment of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone on July 25 to the microstate's highest court was yet another eye-catching move.

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There is a Catholicism that remains largely invisible not only in JD Vance's memoir Communion, but also in Bishop Robert Barron's recent conversation with the vice president about his faith.

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Pope Leo appoints conservative San Francisco archbishop to Vatican tribunal

As Pope Leo XIV continues to rearrange Vatican personnel, his appointment of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone on July 25 to the microstate's highest court was yet another eye-catching move.

Pope prays for victims of deadly wildfires in Spain, France

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