Local Church•Rome

Italy Weighs Restoring Feast of St. Francis as National Holiday Amid Calls for Unity

If approved, the holiday would return nearly half a century after its removal in 1977, when austerity measures swept away several feast days

Sep 22, 2025 18:02

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Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

This is what the Pope’s trip to Turkey, Lebanon, and Latin America would look like: more details and even dates are emerging

The trip will also mark Leo XIV’s debut on the global stage as pope. Vatican sources confirm that plans are underway for a two-day visit to Turkey on November 29 and 30, with the possibility of an additional stop in Lebanon if the region’s volatile situation allows

Sep 19, 2025 18:47

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Cardinals and Bishops•Homosexuality•Pope Francis

Cardinal Ambongo, leader of the entire African episcopate: “Fiducia Supplicans was a bad chapter in Pope Francis’ pontificate”

African Cardinal Challenges Vatican Document, Calls for Stronger Prophetic Voice in Church

Sep 18, 2025 08:33

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Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo calls on Catholics in Gaza; more than 500 Catholic priests announce march in support of Gaza in Rome

The movement’s imagery — a mother weeping over her dead child, captioned with the words “Christ Died in Gaza” — leaves little doubt about its moral urgency. Its first public action will be a prayer vigil and march through Rome on September 22, coinciding with the close of the UN General Assembly

Sep 16, 2025 17:47

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Woman

Pope Leo XIV appoints controversial woman as president of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters

Perrella’s appointment has not gone unnoticed by critics. Her curatorial portfolio includes exhibitions highlighting nudity, queer identity, nightlife culture, and explicit explorations of sexuality

Sep 09, 2025 18:17

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Vatican City

The Vatican announces its new wine: “Laudato Si.” Here’s what we know

The initiative’s roots stretch back to the pandemic, when Francis asked then-Father Baggio to imagine a way of teaching Laudato Si’ through action rather than words

Sep 06, 2025 19:31

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Holy Land•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Between Gaza and Jerusalem: Pope Leo XIV and Israel’s Herzog Navigate Fragile Paths to Peace

The Vatican’s unusually detailed communiqué underscored the urgency. It spoke of hostages whose freedom cannot wait, of a permanent ceasefire that must be reached, and of humanitarian aid too often blocked at checkpoints of suspicion

Sep 06, 2025 19:28

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Pope Francis

Turkish man arrested in the Netherlands as suspect in possible attack on Pope Francis

Within hours, surveillance footage identified a man later confirmed as 46-year-old Turkish national Hasan Uzun. Cameras showed him lingering in the station, abandoning the suitcase, purchasing a new prepaid Italian SIM card with cash, and destroying his old one before boarding a train bound for Milan

Aug 30, 2025 21:27

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Local Church

Cardinal Zupi turns the names of children from Gaza into a 7-hour prayer by saying them one by one

The vigil, held at the Monte Sole memorial near Bologna, stretched into the night. A 469-page register listed 16 Israeli children killed in the Hamas assault of October 7, 2023, alongside more than 12,000 Palestinian children who perished in Gaza in the following months under Israeli bombardment and blockade

Aug 23, 2025 01:10

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Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV will visit Lebanon, according to official statements by the Archbishop of Beirut

If realized, the visit would mark the first by Leo XIV to a country where Christians, though diminished in numbers, continue to play a decisive role in the political and cultural landscape of the Middle East

Aug 20, 2025 22:10

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Jubilee 2025•Rome

Lefebvrians will be officially welcomed in Rome on the occasion of the Jubilee: this is what is known

Scheduled for late August, the pilgrimage will bring priests, seminarians, and faithful of the Society to Rome, where they will pray the Rosary, celebrate a solemn Mass, and walk in procession to the Basilica of St. John Lateran to cross the Holy Door. In doing so, the group places itself at the heart of the most ancient expressions of Catholic communion, even as its canonical status remains unresolved.

Aug 18, 2025 18:05

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Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV offers food to the poor in Castelgandolfo: he seats four of them at his own table

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at Mass on Sunday, August 17, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Aug 17, 2025 23:08

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