Robert Mickens
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@robinrome
🇺🇸🇭🇺🇪🇺 A “Roman Observer" of the papacy, Vatican, and Catholic Church since 1986, and author of the weekly "Letter from Rome", featured on @UCANews.
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After President Trump claimed to reporters twice today that he had recently spoken to a former president who praised his actions in Iran, saying: “I wish I did what you did.” Aides to all four living presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, have issued statements to CNN, saying there is no record of any communications between them and President Trump.
The number of Church exits in Germany has fallen for the third consecutive year, while the percentage of Catholics attending Mass has risen for the fourth year in a row. 🇩🇪 pillarcatholic.com/p/german-churc…
The Vatican’s Appeals court declares a mistrial in the trial that led to the conviction of Angelo Cardinal Becciu. They ruled that both Pope Francis and Vatican prosecutors made procedural errors that nullified the original indictment and have ordered a new trial. Wow, massive blow to Pope Francis’ legacy.
Pope Leo XIV today received in private audience London-based financial journalist Gareth Gore, author of the 2024 “exposé” on Opus Dei, “Opus: dark money, a secretive cult, and its mission to remake our world.” Gore, who has called Opus Dei an “abusive cult,” has in the last year written several articles on the organization for the progressive-leaning National Catholic Reporter and appeared on numerous podcasts to promote the book. In a response issued shortly after the book’s release, Opus Dei said Gore’s work “gives a false picture of Opus Dei based on distorted facts, conspiracy theories and outright lies.” Pope Leo XIV has met with Opus Dei leadership twice since his election (in May 2025 & Feb 2026) to discuss the ongoing revision of their statutes, a process that began under Pope Francis. @HolySeePress spokesman Matteo Bruni has not yet responded to questions regarding Pope Leo’s meeting today with the British journalist.
