AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoVatican Finances: Pope Leo XIV has repealed Pope Francis’ COVID-era salary cuts, restoring pay for cardinals and senior Vatican officials and ending the “salary-containment” approach retroactive to Sept. 1. Vatican Library & Culture: On his 71st birthday, the pope opened AQVA, “Catastrophe and Wonder,” featuring French artist JR’s monumental “Diluvium” wave on the Vatican Apostolic Library facade, built around the idea that water threatens the library’s memory. New Martyrs Catalog: A Vatican commission says it has recorded deaths of more than 1,700 martyrs in the 21st century, with 100–150 new names added this year, ahead of an international congress on modern martyrdom. Synodality & Appointments: Pope Leo appointed Bishop Michael A. Saporito as the new bishop of Metuchen, and also named a Bolivian bishop linked to synodality debates as Military Ordinary. Church Governance & Abuse Response: A new book, “Truth Heals,” urges the Church to treat communications as core safeguarding during clergy abuse crises, not a late add-on.
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