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Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to the Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on late Tuesday morning.The Holy See Press Office made the announcement on Monday, one day after the pontiff said, during his Sunday Angelus, that he would undergo surgery to remove a nodule from one of his lungs.The nodule, he explained in his ... read more

undefined Pope Leo XIV venerates an image of the Virgin Mary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Sept. 7, 2026. Pope Leo XIV will have surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital early this week to remove a small lung nodule found at a very early stage. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV described the death penalty as “inadmissible” in a message posted on social media on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on Saturday, Oct. 10.In his post, the pontiff stated: “The death penalty is inadmissible because it attacks the inviolability and dignity of the person.”He emphasized that the protection ... read more

Pope Leo XIV described the death penalty as “inadmissible” in a message posted on social media on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on Saturday, Oct. 10.In his post, the pontiff stated: “The death penalty is inadmissible because it attacks the inviolability and dignity of the person.”He emphasized that the protection ... read more

One hundred years after the ordination of the first six Chinese bishops consecrated in modern times, , Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles to these Successors of the Apostles and the dioceses entrusted to them, which were at the heart of that crucial event in the history of the Catholic Church ... read more

Addressing an international Marian conference in Rome, Cardinal Gerhard Müller said that when “Mary is called ‘Co-Redemptrix’ in Catholic piety and theology, this is neither a misleading attribution nor an enthusiastic exaggeration, but a truth objectively contained in Revelation.” Cardinal Müller delivered his talk, entitled “The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Cooperation in Redemption,” nearly ... read more

by Laura Gómez RuizSonsón – Reaching some of the communities served by the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú, in the Colombian Amazon, means travelling along rivers, crossing the forest and covering long distances across a territory with few communication routes. In the department of Vaupés, one of Colombia’s largest and most complex regions, numerous Indigenous peoples ... read more

Fifteen-year-old Carlo Acutis died within a week of being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, offering his suffering for the pope and for the Church. Following his beatification on Oct. 10, 2020, his doctors and hospital chaplain recalled their memories of his final days.Father Sandro Villa was the hospital chaplain of St. Gerald Hospital outside of Milan, ... read more

Around 2020 I started writing satirical Catholic news. At first, it was just a personal writing exercise, a light project to sharpen my skills and maybe help cope with the craziness of that time. But it was enough fun that I soon began sharing articles with those friends who were clerical enough to appreciate the ... read more

Some books about and by the English author Caryll Houselander, who died on October 12, 1954. (Images: Amazon.com) On October 12, 1954, Caryll Houselander died, a British laywoman with an unusual name and an unusual story. When writer and publisher Maisie Ward wrote Caryll’s biography, Ward subtitled the book “Divine Eccentric,” an ... read more

When in need of special graces, I visit Lourdes. I go to the blessed grotto where Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Millions of pilgrims like me gather there every year to seek out grace, favors, and peace. I have never returned unsatisfied or been “left unaided.” Thus, I have always thought ... read more

On October 10—the third full day of the weeklong extraordinary Vatican meeting devoted to Amoris Laetitia—the presidents of the world’s episcopal conferences and the heads of the Eastern Catholic churches discussed the third of the meeting’s five themes: “married life, the first years of marriage: a decisive time Listening to and accompanying couples in the ... read more

Though policy change is necessary, we need people to embrace norms that can strengthen our democracy from the bottom up.  ... read more

"As women, we don't walk alone; together we shape history to help other women find freedom and build community," Sr. Ivania Blandón Montenegro said. "Synodality is exactly that." ... read more