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Cardinal Fern'ndez to Piux X Society: Ordaining new bishops is schismatic act
8+ min ago (242+ words) Vatican News Cardinal Fern'ndez to Piux X Society: Ordaining new bishops is schismatic act The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX), founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, has announced that it intends to carry out its plan to ordain new…...
Pope: Virgin Mary is perfect model of what the Church is called to be
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (606+ words) By Isabella H. de Carvalho On the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, Pope Leo XIV highlighted how the Blessed Virgin Mary is a model, member and mother of the ecclesial community and she teaches all the faithful to…...
Pope Leo XIV prays at the spot where St. John Paul II was shot
46+ min ago (402+ words) By Isabella H. de Carvalho Before the beginning of the General Audience on May 13, as Pope Leo XIV passed through the crowds in the popemobile, he stopped and knelt at the spot where, exactly on this day in 1981, his predecessor St....
13 May 1981: The day the attack on John Paul II shocked the world
21+ hour, 9+ min ago (538+ words) Forty-five years have passed since the attack on Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square on 13 May 1981, an event that marked the history of the Church and dramatically drew the attention of the international community. The memory of that…...
University students in Rome prepare for a visit from Pope Leo
18+ hour, 25+ min ago (1012+ words) The atmosphere at the Sapienza University of Rome is full of excitement as students prepare for Pope Leo XIV's visit on the morning of Thursday, May 14. At 10: 20 a. m. During the encounter, the Bishop of Rome will have a moment of prayer…...
Pope Leo remembers Cardinal Tscherrig and his great love for the Church
20+ hour, 52+ min ago (362+ words) Pope Leo XIV has expressed his "deep condolences" upon learning of the death of Swiss Cardinal Paul Emil Tscherrig, former Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and the Republic of San Marino, who passed away Tuesday, May 12, at the age of 79. In…...
Pope to Vatican Observatory: Church embraces science to find God in Creation
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (439+ words) Pope Leo XIV held an audience on Monday with the Board of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. In his address, the Pope recalled that Pope Leo XIII re-founded the Vatican Observatory in 1891, at a time when science was being presented as…...
Vatican's Vesak message calls on Buddhists and Christians to become "artisans of peace
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (902+ words) Ahead of the Buddhist feast of Vesak, the Vatican's Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue has released its annual message to Buddhist communities worldwide, inviting Christians and Buddhists alike to walk together in cultivating what it describes as an "unarmed and disarming…...
Uganda: Bishop Odoki calls on Christians to be peace ambassadors
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (415+ words) Fr Isaac Ojok " Lira City During the closing Mass, Bishop Odoki also commissioned peace pilgrims and urged them to return to their dioceses as peace ambassadors. The Prayer and Peace Week was held in Lira Diocese under the theme, "Peace…...
Pope: Christians and Muslims must work together to "revive humanity"
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (384+ words) Pope Leo met on Monday morning with members of Jordan's Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies and of the Holy See's Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. The members of the Royal Institute, which was founded under the patronage of Jordan's Prince Hasan…...