4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1083+ words) Study Group 7 says bishops’ visits to Rome should be instruments of missionary conversion, communal discernment, and greater co-responsibility in the Church. VATICAN CITY — For centuries, “ad limina apostolorum” visits — the periodic pilgrimage of diocesan bishops to the tombs of the…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago   (338+ words) A vegetable garden and orchard inside the Vatican walls, which historically provided food for the Pope’s household, is now cultivated using exclusively organic farming techniques. Source: EWTN News. The private garden covers almost 400 square metres of cultivable land inside the…...

14+ hour, 38+ min ago   (338+ words) A vegetable garden and orchard inside the Vatican walls, which historically provided food for the Pope’s household, is now cultivated using exclusively organic farming techniques. Source: EWTN News. The private garden covers almost 400 square metres of cultivable land inside the…...

16+ hour, 8+ min ago   (431+ words) Italy’s Catholic bishops gathered to discuss the integration of LGBT-identifying people and their families into ordinary diocesan life. On September 4, nearly 200 pastoral workers and around 10 bishops gathered at the General Curia of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Rome for…...

16+ hour, 47+ 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…...

19+ hour, 3+ 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…...

18+ hour, 51+ min ago   (272+ words) The distinction matters. The organizers have not been barred from entering St. Peter’s. Their procession will arrive there on Saturday morning, pass through security and gather inside the basilica at 1 p.m. for prayer. What they have not received is authorization…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (249+ words) by SPECOLA | September 13, 2026 Sunday XXIV of Ordinary Time. Twenty years and a day after Regensburg, and we are still dealing with the same issues: who may celebrate with which missal, whether the Pope we have is the Pope he claims…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (246+ words) Home - Pope - Is it possible to be a Catholic in Antarctica? In one of the most isolated places on Earth, more than 600 miles from the nearest city, 200 Argentines live and work in Antarctica. Some spend the entire winter there, when…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (833+ words) Pope Leo XIV has placed Africa and its rapidly growing Catholic communities at the heart of his pastoral vision, emphasizing the important role of African priests and religious leaders in spreading the Christian faith, promoting peace, and serving vulnerable communities....