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US pilgrims already gearing up for World Youth Day 2027
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (964+ words) (OSV News) — All across the United States, pilgrims are preparing to travel to Seoul, South Korea, for Pope Leo XIV’s first World Youth Day — as the successor of Peter — Aug. 3-8, 2027. WYD 2027 will be the 18th event of its kind. It convenes…...
Pope calls for promoting, protecting human dignity
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (547+ words) Help us to serve you better VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians can help overcome the many distortions and lies about the true dignity of every human person and, in doing so, promote and defend human life, Pope Leo XIV said. “Created…...
Rochester parish celebrates 125 years of faith, outreach
1+ week, 3+ day ago (587+ words) Mary and Jim Holleran did not know anyone in town when they moved to Rochester as newlyweds in the 1980s. At Blessed Sacrament Parish, however, they soon found a home away from home. “Those people really became gifts in our lives,…...
Pope: Catholics cannot be 'unengaged spectators' amid current events
1+ week, 3+ day ago (419+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the “rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly…...
Pope's prayer intention for September is 'for the care of water"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (477+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV’s September prayer intention is “for the care of water” as Christians celebrate the Season of Creation. “We see with pain so many brothers and sisters who lack clean water, who walk for miles to find…...
Pope: Never let injustice, evil in the world corrupt your heart
1+ week, 5+ day ago (679+ words) Help us to serve you better CASTEL GANDOLFO (CNS) — Whatever the injustice or injury, do not revert to hatred or violence, Pope Leo XIV told the faithful, because only love, hope, forgiveness and respect will protect and promote human dignity....
Rochester Diocese to receive first-class Archbishop Sheen relic
2+ week, 3+ day ago (582+ words) ROCHESTER — Catholics in the Diocese of Rochester will soon have a physical link to Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. A first-class relic of the famed cleric, who led the Rochester Diocese as its sixth bishop (1966-69), is being gifted to the diocese…...
Pope: Faithful must actively participate in the liturgy
2+ week, 3+ day ago (779+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more “consciously and actively,” and not “as strangers and…...
Pope to lawmakers: AI must serve common good
3+ week, 1+ day ago (506+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV called on Catholic legislators to establish oversight of artificial intelligence so that technology serves the common good rather than eroding human dignity. “The world does not need an artificial intelligence that diminishes humanity; rather, it…...
Pope: Sacred music must be 'dignified"
3+ week, 3+ day ago (648+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part of the celebration, which means it is much more than something “decorative,” Pope Leo XIV said. “In the liturgy, to sing and to play…...