A steady stream of pilgrims entered the Church of San Marcello al Corso July 31, signing prayer intention cards and kneeling in silent prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament. To the left of the main altar was a small table bearing a golden reliquary housing a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint in September.
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St. John Henry Newman — the 19th-century theologian, intellectual and preacher who journeyed from Anglicanism to Catholicism, powerfully shaping religious thought in both faith traditions — will be named a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIV.
God, not AI, answers the questions that really matter in life, and God has an idea of the saint everyone is meant to be, said two U.S. bishops speaking at a national gathering in Rome.
The world — marked by a climate of violence and hatred — needs healing, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope Leo XIV addressed Catholic digital missionaries and influencers on July 29 at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Greeting tens of thousands of visitors crowded in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed all the young people who arrived in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
More than half a million young people from 146 countries are set to arrive July 28 for the start of the weeklong Jubilee of Youth, which will include a special Jubilee dedicated to Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers. However, at least 1 million people are expected to attend the final Mass Aug. 3 with Pope Leo XIV in Rome’s Tor Vergata neighborhood, site of the historic World Youth Day during that Holy Year in 2000. More than 2 million people participated in that Mass.
The relics of two saints-to-be — Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis — will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee of Youth, July 28-Aug. 3, according to worldyouthday.com.
Peering at the sunlit skies through a Vatican-owned space telescope and calling the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 spaceflight mission was how Pope Leo XIV celebrated the anniversary of the first crewed moon landing.
After an early morning attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue, and peace in the region.