Xavier Bustillo News Today

While reports abound of a decline in faith practice, dioceses around the world reported enormous classes of catechumens entering the Church in 2024.

Monaco was ablaze with reverence and excitement over the weekend as the public turned out en masse to join the Princely family in commemorating Sainte Dévote.

This weekend, the Principality will celebrate its patron saint, Sainte Dévote, and one of the highlights of the celebrations will be the symbolic burning of the boat ceremony. Here are all the details you need to know about this legendary event.  

European cardinals gain influence ahead of the synod that begins this Wednesday in an attempt to modernize the Church and tackle thorny issues such as same-sex couples and the role of women in the Church

Pope Francis presided over the Consistory for the creation of 21 new Cardinals in St Peters Square on Saturday. During his homily The Holy Father reflected on the unity and diversity in the Church, highlighting the importance of synodality under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the "ma...

Vatican: in a desire for diversity, Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals. New cardinals, 21 in total, to reinforce an image of the universality of the Church desired by the Argentine pontiff. The College of Cardinals now has 242 members, 138 of whom are under 80 years old and will be electors in the event of a conclave. Among them, two Frenchmen: Msgr. Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, and François-Xavier Bustillo, the bishop of Ajaccio.

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church.

Franciscan Bishop François-Xavier Bustillo, Bishop of Ajaccio (Corsica), wasn’t on anyone’s list of candidates for the cardinalate — except for Pope Francis.

François-Xavier Bustillo, bishop of Ajaccio, will be created a cardinal by Pope Francis — a first for a pastor from the small Mediterranean island of Corsica.