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In his catechesis before the Angelus, Leo said Jesus fulfills the Law by calling Christians beyond minimal righteousness to great love. Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered for the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Feb. 15, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media ... read more

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday expressed his closeness to the people of Madagascar after two cyclones caused flooding and landslides.“I pray for the victims, their families and for all who have suffered serious damage," the pope said after praying the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 15, 2026.Looking ahead to upcoming Lunar New Year ... read more

Feb. 2 marked a turning point in the life of David Ryan, a 61-year-old Irishman who suffered sexual abuse as a teenager. More than 40 years later, he was able to share his story face-to-face with Pope Leo XIV in the first private meeting the pontiff has held alone with a victim of abuse.While the ... read more

David Ryan, a 61-year-old Irishman who suffered sexual abuse as a teenager, shared his story face-to-face with Pope Leo XIV, the first time the pope met with a victim individually. “It was the best thing I’ve ever done”: Abuse victim David Ryan speaks about meeting with Pope Leo XIV on ... read more

Restoration work is progressing rapidly on two 13th-century historic mural reliefs at the ancient Mar Behnam and Sarah Monastery. Mural of the martyrdom of St. Behnam. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Chorbishop Mazen Mattoka Restoration work is progressing rapidly on two 13th-century historic mural reliefs ... read more

Restoration work is progressing rapidly on two 13th-century historic mural reliefs at the ancient Mar Behnam and Sarah Monastery in Iraq. The effort is being led by the monastery’s administration in collaboration with the French organization Mesopotamia after the artworks suffered extensive destruction at the hands of ISIS.The monastery was featured in an EWTN News ... read more

‘Maison Drappier is in the debt of the Benedictines, who were the first to produce the drink that we know today as Champagne. Or, more specifically, they are in the debt of one particular Benedictine, Dom Perignon,’ explains Emily Stimpson Chapman in ‘Sacred Wine.’ Catholic author Emily Stimpson Chapman offers a personal glimpse ... read more

During World War II, the unexpected intervention of the Maharaja of Nawanagar, known as “the Good Maharaja,” provided hundreds of Polish children a home at his personal estate in India. Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv, Father Wojciech Stasiewicz, and Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, speak at the New York ... read more

The 1941 Sikorski-Mayski agreement between the Soviet Union and Poland resulted in the release of tens of thousands of Polish prisoners of war held in the Gulag and other Soviet camps. Their number included thousands of displaced children, many of whom were orphans. No one wanted these children; they couldn’t return to Nazi-occupied Poland, and ... read more

Tegucigalpa – “The Lord never tires of going out into the streets and seeking more missionary disciples who are ready to boldly proclaim the faith,” states a message from the Honduran Bishops' Conference, published on February 4, 2026. This is emphasized by Father Bernardino Lazo Cardenas, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Honduras, ... read more

Pope Urban VIII "immediately realized that Bernini could become the Michelangelo of his century," the exhibit's co-curator Andrea Bacchi said. ... read more

Speaking to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV emphasized today that “the Gospel offers us this valuable teaching: minimal righteousness is not enough; great love is needed” (video). ... read more

Jesus said to his disciples:"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letterwill pass from the law,until all things have taken place.Therefore, ... read more

Blessed is the servant who esteems himself no better when he is praised and exalted by people than when he is considered worthless, simple, and despicable; for what a man is before God, that he is and nothing more. — St. Francis of Assisi ... read more

From the Gospel for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A: Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt 5:19) ... read more