8+ hour, 54+ min ago  (643+ words) (AFP) " Leo XIV will become the first pope to visit Algeria on Monday, taking a message of dialogue with Islam on a trip that also represents a personal pilgrimage for the American pontiff. Algeria is the first stop on an…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (437+ words) The Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York is witnessing a surge in people coming to faith, which has made the Easter season even more special this year. There were over 400 baptisms during an Easter vigil on Saturday evening, almost…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (437+ words) Catholic communities nationwide, from some of America's largest cities to more rural areas, have documented a marked increase in converts this year as they approach the massive initiation ceremonies that coincide with the Easter holiday. "Last year, we had no…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (399+ words) Pope Leo XIV made history this Good Friday by being the first pontiff in decades to carry a wooden cross for all 14 Stations of the Cross. Flanked by two torchbearers, video showed the Holy Father carrying the cross throughout the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (241+ words) Rome law enforcement officers are on high alert ahead of Good Friday's highly-anticipated Way of the Cross led by Pope Leo XIV and other Easter-related events. The procession will begin at around 09: 15 p. m. (local time), after which the Pope'will address the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (206+ words) The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will carry a cross for the entirety of the Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, procession celebrated on Good Friday. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the pope referred to the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (423+ words) The Israeli Police forces and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest-ranking Catholic official in the Holy Land, announced jointly on Monday that they had agreed to an arrangement to allow for Catholic ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (440+ words) The Israeli Police forces and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest-ranking Catholic official in the Holy Land, announced jointly on Monday that they had agreed to an arrangement to allow for Catholic ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (285+ words) March 29 (UPI) " Israeli police blocked Jerusalem's top Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a centuries-old tradition to mark Palm Sunday. The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch, and Father Francesco Ielpo,…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (554+ words) Israeli police officers sparked a diplomatic and religious row on Sunday after they stopped two top clergymen from going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch…...