Angelus/Regina Caeli

Pope Leo’s wishes on this feast of Assumption

My thoughts go out to our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land, which is also, par excellence, the Land of Mary.  “Holy Mary, pray for us!”

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Devotions and Feasts

How to find Mary’s beauty: Pope’s Assumption homily

Her image seems to contrast with our experience of what the passing of the years does to us. ... What do we...

Devotions and Feasts

Unique tradition gives 81 beds to Mary for the Assumption

A late medieval tradition fills the island’s churches with altars showing Mary at rest before the Assumption...

Euthanasia

Bishop, doctors sue Illinois to block assisted-suicide law

A Catholic law firm has filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over a controversial new bill to legalize assisted suicide.

• Pope on home state’s euthanasia law: “very disappointed”

• Cardinal Cupich: Illinois is attacking Catholic values

• Offer palliative care, not suicide, to the suffering, says Illinois bishop

Leo XIV

Beyond the “pope hat” — more Leo fun for White Sox

The White Sox honored their most famous fan with a lighthearted and fun “pope night” at Rate Field on August...

Leo XIV

Now Matthew McConaughey reveals Pope Leo’s funny side

Matthew McConaughey went to the Vatican with some weighty questions. He came away having discovered another...

Obituary

The last Trappist to survive Mao’s persecution dies at 108

Father Benedict Chao lived through Japanese occupation, communist persecution, exile in Canada, and 70 years...

Vocations

Pope urges US nuns to find ways to show youth how they live

In a video message marking their 70th anniversary, Pope Leo says the women religious can contribute to "waking...

Haiti

Bishops’ urgent plea to save TPS for Haitians

As Haitians in the U.S. face deportation, Catholic bishops meet with senators and write letters asking...

Martyrs

The shocking martyrdom of seminarians in Spain

On August 12 and 13, the Church celebrates the holiness of 51 martyrs, mostly seminarians, who were killed...

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