7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (850+ words) By Benedetta Capelli & Eugenio Bonanata An atmosphere of joyful anticipation filled Genazzano, the medieval Italian town located around 40 kilometres from Rome, as it awaited the arrival of Pope Leo XIV. At 6:00 p.m. on Monday, the Pope celebrates Mass at the Basilica on…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (374+ words) By Fr. Łukasz Bankowski When Oblate Father Andrzej Madej arrived in Turkmenistan, the Catholic Church there had to be built almost from the ground up. There were no established structures and no large Catholic communities. Even so, there was the…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (620+ words) “It is not yet too late” to change course and redirect what has been used for destruction towards life, Pope Leo XIV said on Tuesday, urging Christians to make care for creation an expression of ecological conversion and universal fraternity....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (710+ words) Although Pope Francis visited French territories three times — in 2014, when he addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg; in 2023, when he travelled to Marseille for the Mediterranean Meetings; and in 2024, when he visited Corsica for a congress on popular piety — Pope…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (721+ words) By Michele Raviart – Castel Gandolfo Pope Leo XIV will be the first Pope in history to take part by boat in the procession for the Feast of Our Lady of the Lake in Castel Gandolfo, crossing the waters that have…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) Pope Leo XIV met on Thursday with participants in a meeting promoted by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (CELAM), which focused on the topic “Addiction in Latin America.” In his address, the Pope praised the Commission’s work with the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (900+ words) Exactly one month from now, Pope Leo XIV will begin his very first visit to France. Scheduled for September 25–28, the Pope will visit Paris, including a stop at the headquarters of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization....

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (574+ words) By Isabella H. de Carvalho In an address to the members of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal, Pope Leo XIV encouraged them to find strength in the Lord in order to fulfil their missions with humility, knowing that humans are not…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (247+ words) “Pope Leo XIV learned with deep sorrow of the tragic traffic accident” in Hungary involving a bus carrying a group of Polish pilgrims returning from Medjugorje, in which 12 people lost their lives and 10 sustained serious injuries. In a telegram signed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (538+ words) By Sebastián Sansón Ferrari – Castel Gandolfo Until the very last moment, Elisabet Argemí did not know whether she would have the opportunity to speak with Pope Leo XIV. On Tuesday, August 18, in Castel Gandolfo, as the Pope was leaving the…...