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The name of Jesus is at the heart of Christian prayer. —Catechism of the Catholic Church, 435 ... read more

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Médard (456-545), Bishop of Noyon, France. Legend says that once when he was a child a sudden shower fell, soaking everyone except St. Médard who remained perfectly dry, because an eagle had spread its wings over him. Ever since, Médard was known as "master of rain" or his patronage against ... read more

Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 to 2017, speaks with students and faculty at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana Oct. 27, 2021. (CNS photo/Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame, courtesy Today's Catholic) Vatican (kath.net) The decisions of the Second Vatican ... read more

Pope Leo XIV addressed the Spanish Parliament this morning in the Palacio de las Cortes and urged lawmakers to respect the dignity of every human person in their decisions about the unborn, parental rights, migration, peace, religious freedom, and the seal of Confession. ... read more

The Catholic Saints of America exhibit will run July 1-9, 2026, at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin. (Image: championshrine.org/americansaints) Imagine taking a road trip to meet holy Catholic men and women who served as Christ’s hands and feet on earth by caring for the poor, the sick, ... read more

Many hundreds of Catholics joined the Eucharistic procession in D.C., which is part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage traveling the country. The Blessed Sacrament is elevated in a monstrance during a Eucharistic procession in Washington, D.C., June 6, 2026. Approximately 1,000 pilgrims processed through downtown Washington carrying the Blessed Sacrament. ... read more

More than 1,000 people processed through the streets of downtown Washington, D.C., on Saturday morning as the third annual National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made its way through the nation’s capital.“Today we are going to bring Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament to the streets of Washington, D.C.,” Father Charles Trullols, director of the Catholic Information Center, ... read more

More than 1,000 people processed through the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. on Saturday morning as the third annual National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made its way through the nation’s capital.“Today we are going to bring Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament to the streets of Washington, D.C.,” Father Charles Trullols, director of the Catholic Information Center, ... read more

MADRID — This cityʼs Movistar Arena became a kind of modern “Court of the Gentiles” on Sunday, where faith and contemporary art met to explore the mystery of the human person under the guidance of Pope Leo XIV.The gathering brought together leading figures from Spanish culture with an international profile, including actor Antonio Banderas. Sports ... read more

Actor joins Pope Leo XIV at Madrid gathering on culture, art, economics, and sports during the pope’s apostolic visit to Spain. Antonio Banderas speaks in the presence of Pope Leo XIV at Madrid’s Movistar Arena on June 7, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News MADRID ... read more

Pope Leo XIV brought bustling Madrid to a halt Sunday, drawing 1.2 million people — the largest crowd he has encountered yet in his 13-month pontificate — for his first public Mass in Spain and a Eucharistic procession through the Spanish capital. ... read more

A 19th-century statue of the Sacred Heart in Paris For more than a century and a half, popes have taught the importance of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here are some highlights. ... read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan blesses the faithful with the Blessed Sacrament at Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel on July 30, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village. ‘God’s the only load-bearing structure for your heart,’ says Dominican Father Jonah Teller, of the divine tug toward prayer in Manhattan. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV meets staff and beneficiaries, including migrants, of the CEDIA 24 Horas center, part of the Caritas of the Archdiocese of Madrid in Spain on June 6, 2026. The Holy Father launched his six-day trip to the European country with a whirlwind first day of diplomatic visits and meetings with ... read more

Pope Leo XIV leads a Eucharistic procession in Madrid, Spain, on June 7, 2026, for the feast of Corpus Christi. At Mass in Madrid’s Plaza de Cibeles, the Pope called Spain’s centuries-old Eucharistic devotion “a school of faith” for the present and future. ... read more