10+ hour, 59+ min ago  (695+ words) Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP Pope Leo XIV prays during a visit at the archaeological site of Hippo, in Annaba on April 14, 2026. On April 14, Pope Leo XIV spent the day in Annaba, a coastal city in northeastern Algeria. Despite adverse, rainy, and…...

10+ hour, 30+ min ago  (339+ words) God's heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice and lies," Pope Leo XIV said to the Little Sisters of the Poor. He was giving brief greeting to those present during his visit to the Sisters' care home for the…...

17+ hour, 37+ min ago  (296+ words) If you're a Catholic of a certain age, you may remember -- or still pray daily -- the short prayers known as aspirations. From a word that means both expressing hope and drawing breath, an aspiration consists of just a few words…...

17+ hour, 27+ min ago  (289+ words) Sister Mariam An-Nour's presence stood out among the technocrats, diplomats, and religious leaders accompanying President Emmanuel Macron to the Vatican on April 10, 2026, to meet with Pope Leo XIV. Sister Mariam directs Carmel Saint-Joseph, a French-speaking school near Beirut, Lebanon. She told…...

20+ hour, 55+ min ago  (219+ words) Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP Pope Leo XIV prays during a meeting with the Algerian community in the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa, in Algiers on April 13, 2026. The memory of the martyrs of the "Black Decade" was present from this very…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (489+ words) St. Joseph Table - Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas This text resulted from an early March meeting between the heads of the personal ordinariates and Cardinal Fern'ndez. On that occasion, the head of the Dicastery invited them…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (284+ words) I still remember my grandmother spending many evenings glued to re-runs of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's show'Life is Worth Living.'Her fondness for him introduced me to his gravitas and eloquence. Even decades after originally delivered, his preaching felt strikingly brave…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (154+ words) The Church invites us to gather each Sunday, mindful that it is not always easy to believe. Sometimes we struggle like Thomas did, but with the Body of Christ at Mass, "It is there that our faith grows and is…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (464+ words) While following in the footsteps of St. Augustine, the former bishop of Hippo, on April 13, 2026, Pope Leo XIV will become the first pontiff to step foot on Algerian soil. However, Africa's largest country isn't an isolated case. Out of the…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (476+ words) Fibonacci Blue | CC BY 2. 0 In November 2025, at a time of critical immigration uncertainty in the United States, the U. S. Catholic Bishops issued a strong statement in defense of the human dignity of all people. They launched You Are Not Alone, an…...