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Program announced for Pope’s visit to San Marino, Rimini (CWN)
The Holy See Press Office released a detailed program of Pope Leo XIV’s August 22 pastoral visit to the nation of San Marino and to the Italian city of Rimini.
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Pope encourages Czech youth to witness to Christ’s love (Vatican News)
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, sent a message in Pope Leo’s name to the president of the Czech Bishops’ Conference as more than 3,000 young …
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Pope Leo attributes Poland’s 1920 victory over Soviet Union to Virgin Mary’s intercession (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV recalled the Battle of Warsaw (1920), also known as the Miracle on the Vistula, and attributed Poland’s victory over the Soviet Union there to the intercession of …
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Review of American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story
Distribution Service: Fathom EntertainmentMPAA Rating, Not rated at the time of this reviewReel Rating: 3 out of 5 reels There’s a famous anonymous statistic that the 20th century produced more …
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Aug. 13 Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Saints Pontian, Pope; Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs, Opt. Mem.
Today is the Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian (Pontianus), Pope and St. Hippolytus, Priest (d. 235). St. Pontian was a victim of the persecution of Alexander Severus, who directed his …
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Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?
Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical, ‘Magnifica Humanitas:’ On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, on May 15, 2026, the 135th anniversary of the encyclical …
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On the short life and powerful witness of the “martyr of the Brown Scapular”
Blessed Isidore Bakanja c. 1900 (Image: Wikipedia); right: A late 19th-century French-language map of the Congo Free State. (Image: Wikipedia) Although his name appears in the Roman Martyrology under the …
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Peru seeks to turn Pope Leo’s legacy into an international pilgrimage destination
Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming visit to Peru is not only building anticipation among the faithful but is also opening up the possibility of establishing permanent pilgrimage routes and showcasing the …
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Peru seeks to turn Pope Leo’s legacy into an international pilgrimage destination
Pope Leo’s XIV’s upcoming visit to Peru can serve as a launchpad for turning the country into a regular destination for pilgrims, benefiting the local economy. Then-Bishop Robert Prevost, now …
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Haiti bishop says gangs target Church as violence shuts parishes, schools
Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste of Jérémie, Haiti, detailed the ongoing violence in the nation and warned that the Church has become a target for gangs. The Church is “the last …