Catholic Priest Murdered in Mexico

Stephen Colbert and Scott Brick will narrate the first English-language audiobook by Pope Leo XIV

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The collection also shows a future Pope addressing a world already marked by the tensions that would later become familiar features of his pontificate: the consequences of September 11, political ideologies, poverty, conflict and questions surrounding human rights. The publisher presents these writings as an opportunity to see the reasoning behind some of Prevost’s contemplative responses to those challenges

15,000 police officers, 2,500 journalists… the surprising numbers (challenges and opportunities) surrounding the Pope’s visit to France

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Leo XIV Heads to France as a Quiet Religious Revival Meets a Country in Search of Common Ground

«Leo XIV Effect» in Barcelona? Number of Seminarians Increases for the New Academic Year

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The 23 new additions to the seminary come from various Catalan dioceses: six from Barcelona, ​​four from Tarragona, four from Sant Feliu de Llobregat, three from Vic, two from Girona, two from Lleida, one from Urgell, and one from Tortosa.

What Does It Mean to Be a Bishop? A Catechesis by Leo XIV to the Latin American Episcopate (a source of spiritual and pastoral enrichment for any priest)

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Letter from the Holy Father to the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean on the occasion of the third centenary of the canonization of Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo

Vatican Children’s Hospital: No. 1 in Europe, No. 4 in the world, according to a new ranking

Valentina di Giorgio

The Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, owned by the Holy See, has risen to fourth place worldwide in the 2027 Newsweek–Statista ranking of specialized pediatric hospitals, moving up two positions from the previous edition and retaining its position as the leading pediatric hospital in Europe

How many martyrs will the Catholic Church have by 2026? The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints provides an answer

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The Vatican is not producing a new list of saints by administrative decree. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery, stressed that the Church does not simply “create” saints. Canonization is a formal ecclesial judgment subject to specific requirements, while the catalogue has a wider purpose

Catholic Priest Murdered in Mexico: The 13th Such Killing During the MORENA Administration

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The Centro Católico Multimedial, which tracks attacks against clergy and other members of the Church, reports 28 incidents involving Church personnel during the current federal administration of MORENA, including four murdered priests

Questions about liturgy: Reusing Graves of Ancestors

Fr. Edward McNamara

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

The Parable of the Workers Hired in the Vineyard, Explained by the Pope

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Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, September 20, 2026