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5 ways to take care of your elders, according to Pope Leo
The World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly is “an opportunity to rediscover that the Church is called to be a mother to all,” the pontiff wrote.
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Replica of the Virgin Mary’s house draws Catholic devotees in the Philippines
Donated Marian icons line the walls inside the Ephesus House. At the center stands a statue of Mary modeled after the one in Turkey, alongside a relic said to be …
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Pope renews appeal for peace in Holy Land, Middle East (CWN)
At the conclusion of today’s Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV renewed his appeal for peace in the Holy Land and throughout the Middle East.
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Maronite Patriarch Hoayek, father of Greater Lebanon, is beatified (L’Orient Today)
Patriarch Elias Peter Hoayek (1842-1931), the head of the Maronite Catholic Church, father of Greater Lebanon, and founder of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family, was beatified on July …
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Jesus is the treasure, the pearl, and the net, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV told pilgrims gathered in Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo for his Sunday Angelus address (video) that Jesus is “the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, the …
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St. Arsenius—I know a great deal of Greek and Latin learning…
I know a great deal of Greek and Latin learning. I have still to learn even the alphabet of how to be a saint. — St. Arsenius
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Jul. 26 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Sunday
From Sunday’s Gospel: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all …
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Scottish Sedevacantist Monks Defy Schism Warning, Consecrate Bishop
Golgotha Monastery is seen on the island of Papa Stronsay in an undated photograph. The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer in May announced their rejection of the Second Vatican …
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Pope Leo XIV Appoints Lebanese-Born Archbishop As Permanent Observer to UN
Chen FangxiangFlags fly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, Sept. 16, 2025. Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis previously served as apostolic nuncio to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
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Leo XIV to the FABC Assembly: Continue to promote a “Eucharistic spirituality” within the Churches of Asia
Jakarta – Pope Leo XIV has urged the Churches of Asia to recognize that ecclesial communion “finds its source in the mystery of Christ” and encouraged them to “continue to …