1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (213+ words) When Pope Leo XIV visits Spain 6-12 June, he will bring with him decades of personal ties to the country and its missionary tradition. During a recent meeting with Father Jos" Mar'a Calder'n, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (193+ words) The Vatican on 6 May released the official schedule for Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic visit to Spain, a seven-day trip 6-12 June that will take the pontiff to Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands. The packed itinerary includes meetings with Spain's…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (193+ words) In Central Spain, a cloistered community of Franciscan sisters is taking an unusual path to live out its mission: saving an endangered animal. At the Convent of St Anthony of Padua, Sister Consuelo Peset Laude'a, the abbess, begins each day…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (830+ words) Pope Leo XIV will travel a total of more than 11, 000 miles on 18 flights across four African countries in April on a 10-day trip that highlights peace efforts, the works of mercy, and the Catholic Church's vibrant presence on the continent....