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12+ hour, 45+ min ago  (15+ words) Pope Leo marks first Easter as pontiff with call for hope amid global conflicts'thehitavada.com...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago  (672+ words) In a message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations titled "The Interior Discovery of God's Gift," the Holy Father reflects on the interior dimension of one's vocation. The Vatican has published Pope Leo XIV's message for the 63rd World…...

18+ hour, 59+ min ago  (412+ words) It's Easter Monday. Thought you should know that in case you overdid the chocolate, even the alcohol, in recent days and now are uncertain who you are, where you are, what day it is. [This "gentle reminder" is just another…...

16+ hour, 19+ min ago  (553+ words) Courtney Mares, OSV News Pope Leo XIV offered Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square Sunday proclaiming that with Christ's resurrection death has been conquered forever and no longer has power over us. Today all of creation is resplendent with new…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (93+ words) Bishop Bonnici blesses Easter baskets at Rochester parish'Catholic Courier Bishop John S. Bonnici presided over the annual blessing of Easter food baskets at Rochester's St. Stanislaus Kostka Church on Holy Saturday, April 4. The baskets contained such items as butter, sausage, Easter…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (900+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of listing the world's woes by…...

6+ hour, 27+ min ago  (173+ words) " Continue to this story on Crux CWN Editor's Note: To encourage donations to cover the cost of the Pope's upcoming apostolic journey to Spain, the nation's bishops are offering a private papal audience to donors who contribute more than "500,000 ($577,200), as…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (134+ words) Saint of the day: Blessed Pierina Morosini'Angelus News Saint of the day: Blessed Pierina Morosini Blessed Pierina Morosini was born in 1931 in Bergamo, Italy. Her family was poor, and she was one of eight children. When she was 15, Pierina went…...

16+ hour, 38+ min ago  (941+ words) We have just lived through a Holy Week unlike any in modern memory. From Palm Sunday through this Easter morning, Pope Leo XIV planted himself between the powerful and the powerless " and refused to move. On Palm Sunday, the pope…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (373+ words) In his first "urbi et orbi" Easter Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV used the words of his predecessor and warned of the globalization of indifference to growing conflicts, urging those fighting to lay down their weapons. "We are growing accustomed…...