11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (622+ words) by INFOVATICANA | September 14, 2026 The feast has its roots in fourth-century Jerusalem and was later linked both to the veneration of Christ’s Cross and to the recovery of the relic after the Persians seized it in the seventh century. Crucifixion was…...

16+ hour, 41+ min ago   (527+ words) Pope Leo XIV dedicated his Wednesday General Audience to the dignity of the human person, urging Christians to defend it in every circumstance with “the light and strength of the Gospel.” Continuing his reflections on the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral…...

20+ hour, 21+ min ago   (479+ words) (ZENIT News / Buenos Aires, 09.12.2026).- Argentina is giving formal recognition to two very different expressions of Catholic heritage: a 240-kilometer pilgrimage route associated with a 19th-century priest and a small Marian sanctuary in Misiones whose very walls were built by the…...

22+ hour, 47+ min ago   (202+ words) Lourdes will provide a very different setting. More than 200,000 people are expected over the Pope’s brief stay, including about 150,000 during Sunday and almost 25,000 for the evening Marian procession. But the most delicate moment will be a private meeting with seven…...

22+ hour, 38+ min ago   (380+ words) Buenos Aires has chosen to make the period leading up to the visit itself a time of spiritual preparation The meeting illustrates how closely the local organizers and the Vatican are coordinating the religious dimension of the journey. The Vatican…...

22+ hour, 22+ min ago   (175+ words) Rev. Frank McDevitt has been bestowed a new title within the church by Pope Leo XVI. On Friday, Frank Cardinal Leo of the Archdiocese of Toronto announced that McDevitt, a former pastor at St. Mary’s Parish in Barrie, Aurora’s Our Lady…...

22+ hour, 59+ min ago   (396+ words) VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Sunday Sept. 13 at St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Sunday! Today’s Gospel speaks to us of forgiveness, which is a fundamental…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (273+ words) Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI | ALBERTO PIZZOLI Drawing on the lessons from the liturgy this September 13, Pope Leo says that "gratuità" -- gratuitousness, giving free of charge, without expecting a return -- is "the best rule for our life together." "All things are given…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (315+ words) Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Sept.9, 2026. The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his traditional Sunday noon…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (167+ words) “Two days ago marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States of America,” said Pope Leo XIV in English as he addressed the faithful after the Angelus prayer on Sunday. Almost 3,000 people died in coordinated…...