2+ hour, 18+ min ago  (187+ words) A: The short answer is no; you didn't do anything wrong by receiving holy Communion before completing your penance. But even if we suppose for the sake of argument that you had confessed a mortal sin, it still would have been…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (349+ words) Pope Leo XIV issued decrees advancing the sainthood causes of five candidates, including a Dutch nun who served in St. Louis in the early 20th century. During a meeting April 27, with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (815+ words) Catholic Standard Full text of Pope Leo's homily for Good Shepherd Sunday This is the official English translation of the full text of Pope Leo XIV's homily for Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Easter (also known as Good Shepherd…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (615+ words) On April 22, Archbishop Salvatore "Rino" Fisichella, a pro-prefect in the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization and the lead organizer for the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, presented a lecture at The Catholic University of America in Washington that emphasized the vital role liturgical…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (914+ words) Priests are called each day to leave the doors of the Church open to a "suffering humanity" in need and not "be an obstacle to those who wish to enter," Pope Leo XIV told 10 deacons just before ordaining them to…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1073+ words) Pope Leo XIV said on the papal plane April 23 that the Holy See does not approve of formalized blessings of same-sex couples, while stressing that Church unity "should not revolve around sexual matters" and that all people are welcome in…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (515+ words) As supporters of Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno's canonization cause marked the 60th anniversary of the late Navy chaplain's arrival in Vietnam in 1966, there was renewed hope that the effort was gaining momentum. The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints is expected…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (27+ words) Catholic Standard...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (638+ words) A national garden proposed by survivors of clergy sexual abuse promises to foster healing not only for survivors but also for the Catholic Church as a whole in the nation's capital. "We can't heal alone," said Mike Hoffman, chair of…...

5+ day, 1+ min ago  (974+ words) Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in the second-largest Catholic Church in Africa April 22, telling Catholics in the oil-rich nation that "the future of Equatorial Guinea depends upon your choices." The pope offered Mass in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception…...