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FLORIDA, Uruguay — Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at Uruguay’s most prominent Marian shrine on Sunday, where he paid tribute to women’s role in transmitting the Catholic faith and urged them to continue doing so despite secular trends.“Mothers and grandmothers: never tire of passing on the faith!” Leo told a congregation in the square outside ... read more

undefined Police and emergency workers stand behind a cordon and a privacy screen in Kraków's Main Market Square after a gunman killed six people there, Nov. 7, 2026. Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś invited Kraków to a Mass for the victims at St. Mary’s Basilica after a gunman killed six people in the city’s Main ... read more

The formal handover ceremony took place at the Monastery of the Servant of God and Martyr Gabriel Danbo in Ankawa, a predominantly Christian district of Erbil. After safeguarding the manuscripts of the Diocese of Akra for more than half a century, the Chaldean Antonian Order of St. Hormizd returns the ... read more

After safeguarding them for more than half a century, the Chaldean Antonian Order of St. Hormizd has returned a collection of historic manuscripts belonging to the former Chaldean Diocese of Akra in northern Iraq to its ecclesiastical authorities.The formal handover ceremony took place at the Monastery of the Servant of God and Martyr Gabriel Danbo ... read more

BUNGOMA, Kenya — Bishop Mark Kadima Wamukoya of Kenya’s Diocese of Bungoma has urged Christians to pray for those who hurt or mistreat them and to set aside their differences when gathering for worship.In his homily during the consecration of St. Mark’s Ojamii Catholic Parish church on Nov. 5, Kadima reflected on Jesus Christ’s institution ... read more

Left: Undated photo of St. Elisabeth of the Trinity; right: Elizabeth's monastic cell in Dijon. (Images: Wikipedia) Each year on a Sunday in May or June, every Catholic priest is assigned the seemingly impossible task of preaching about the mystery of the Trinity. Considering the number of theological errors about God that ... read more

Does Robert Prevost understand himself to be as Peruvian as he is perceived?  ... read more

The archbishop of Kraków called on the city to stand “together” in prayer after a gunman killed six people in its Main Market Square, a few steps from St. Maryʼs Basilica, on Saturday afternoon.“We do not want to, we cannot, we are unable to be indifferent at such a moment. We want, we need and ... read more

Excerpt from Sunday's Gospel: While they went off to buy it, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked. Afterwards the other virgins came and said, �Lord, Lord, open the door for us!' But he said in reply, �Amen, I say to you, ... read more

undefined Pope Leo XIV speaks while leading a prayer vigil for young people at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Nov. 7, 2026. The Holy Father presided at an evening prayer vigil on his last night in the country. ... read more

undefined Pope Leo XIV holds a crozier at the papal Mass in Paysandu, Uruguay, Nov. 7. 2026. The Holy Father said a papal Mass and visited with several communities in Uruguay on the first full day of his South American trip. ... read more

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday encouraged practicing Catholics in a secular society, and especially young people, to keep their faith strong and to live in virtuous ways that can attract people to the Church.The pope made his remarks at an evening prayer vigil in a stadium in Uruguay’s capital, with about 70,000 ... read more

Pope Leo XIV held a papal Mass, visited with several Catholic groups and communities, and presided over a prayer vigil in Uruguay on Nov. 7, the first full day of his historic trip to South America. The pope arrived in Uruguay on Nov. 6 and was scheduled to leave the country on Sunday for Argentina, ... read more

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Pope Leo XIV, speaking to residents of a disadvantaged neighborhood in Uruguay’s capital on Nov. 7, drew attention to one of Latin America’s most urgent social problems: violent crime.“We cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that there are children in Uruguay who do not go to school for fear of ... read more

Fr. Anatoly Parakhnevich was accused of "insulting the authorities" and "extremism" during a closed-door trial, said the Viasna Human Rights Center. Parakhnevich ministers in Alkovichy in northwestern Belarus. ... read more