13+ hour, 27+ min ago  (266+ words) Pope Leo received Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally in audience on April 27, and encouraged deeper unity and common witness between Catholics and Anglicans. The Pope also joined her in prayer at the Urban VIII Chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (471+ words) As the Church marked the World Day of Prayer for Vocations on April 26, a Mumbai priest who recently celebrated 50 years of priesthood described his ordination promise as a "blank check" entrusted to God. Fr. Cleophas Fernandes, a priest of the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (216+ words) Around 50 religious sisters from various Franciscan communities in the Archdiocese of Lahore, Pakistan, met on April 23 with Archbishop Khalid Rehmat to plan the Year of St. Francis of Assisi celebrations. The meeting was held at the Generalate of the Tertiary…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (317+ words) Twenty-five years after its establishment, the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan has ordained its first local diocesan priest. The ordination of Fr. Samran Boota took place on April 24 at St. Pius X Parish Church in Samungli, Quetta, and…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (308+ words) On April 23, in a significant homecoming, Archbishop Khalid Rehmat of the Lahore Archdiocese visited St. Mary's Catholic Church at the Capuchin Custody House in Gulberg, Lahore, where he had previously served as parish priest and later as Custos of the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (309+ words) On April 23, in a significant homecoming, Archbishop Khalid Rehmat of the Lahore Archdiocese visited St. Mary's Catholic Church at the Capuchin Custody House in Gulberg, Lahore, where he had previously served as parish priest and later as Custos of the…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (449+ words) Filipino migrants working across the globe are emerging as "accidental missionaries," quietly renewing Catholic communities abroad, according to Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Kalookan and former President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Reflecting on the country's…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (325+ words) On the final full day of his Apostolic Journey in Africa, Pope Leo celebrated Mass, visited prisoners, and met with young people in Bata, ending the day with a vibrant encounter marked by song, dance, and heavy tropical rain, Vatican…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (318+ words) Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over a Requiem Mass on April 21 at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major to mark the first anniversary of the death of Pope Francis. The Mass was attended…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (313+ words) On April 20, the eighth day of his Apostolic Journey in Africa, Pope Leo XIV travelled across Angola, moving between Saurimo and Luanda, the capital city, covering nearly 2, 000 kilometres in a single day, according to Vatican News. In the morning, the…...