Season of Creation: Catholics are being invited to take part in the Season of Creation (Sept. 1–Oct. 4), with the Vatican-approved Mass for the Care of Creation set to be used in parishes after new English and Spanish prayer and reading texts were approved for the U.S. Safeguarding and the Rupnik case: A new timeline revisits how allegations against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik were met with decades of delays and cover-ups, testing Pope Leo XIV’s push for safeguarding and transparency. Vatican communications and Rupnik images: In Paris, the apostolic nunciature says no papal event is planned in a Rupnik mosaic chapel during Pope Leo XIV’s France trip, while a bishop confirms the pope ordered Vatican News to stop using Rupnik mosaics. Eastern Catholic canon law: Pope Leo XIV issued changes allowing Eastern Catholic synods to remove patriarchs for serious reasons, while still requiring Vatican approval. China Church appointments: Pope Leo XIV appointed and oversaw the episcopal consecration of Bishop Paolo Liu Honggang as bishop of Datong under the Holy See–Beijing agreement. Diplomacy in Ukraine: Archbishop Paul Gallagher reflected on a “difficult dialogue” with Russia’s Lavrov in Moscow, stressing that war must end through negotiations and renewed diplomacy. Catholic social teaching and climate: Pope Leo XIV renewed calls to act on climate and the common good, linking care for creation to human dignity and justice.