2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (845+ words) Simone Orendain, OSV News On the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV's election, a group promoting the Catholic faith in Chicago's south suburbs led an inaugural pilgrimage to his boyhood home and the church he attended as a boy. The…...

22+ hour, 46+ min ago  (440+ words) Jesus's words in Matthew 19: 12 follow discussions with the disciples about marriage. They ask him whether it is better not to marry and, after describing reasons why men may be celibate, Jesus states, " " " ". This phrase is usually translated as, The one…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (809+ words) Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News. cxbf Dialogue between the Vatican and German bishops regarding the blessing of same-sex unions is ongoing, and it was too soon to talk about sanctions, said the Vatican secretary of state. Speaking to journalists in…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1165+ words) Pope Leo XIV marked the anniversary of his May 8 election by making a pilgrimage to celebrate Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Pompeii, one of Italy's most beloved Marian shrines, placing his pontificate under…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1239+ words) Courtney Mares, OSV News Pope Leo XIV marked the anniversary of his May 8 election by making a pilgrimage to celebrate Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Pompeii, one of Italy's most beloved Marian shrines,…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (649+ words) Caroline de Sury, OSV News Ahead of the first anniversary of his election to the chair of St. Peter, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV is officially expected to visit France in late September, the French bishops' conference confirmed…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (695+ words) Dale Gavlak, OSV News Lebanese Catholic priests serving in the south of the country near the border with Israel said they were overjoyed to discover that a call with Lebanon's papal nuncio included another special guest on the online visit,…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (288+ words) A priest in the Catholic-majority Philippines has announced his decision to shun the post of bishop weeks before his scheduled ordination. In a statement on May 5, Father Gerardo Saco Jr. said that he will not take up the post of…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1430+ words) Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News The Vatican released the official schedule for Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic visit to Spain, a seven-day trip that will take the pontiff to Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands for meetings with Spain's royal…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (559+ words) Sexual images and identity have always been part of the Christian message " from the romantic tragedy of Adam and Eve to the condemnation of the new Babylon, ancient Rome, as a pandered prostitute with whom all the nations have drunk…...