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During his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on sacred music in the liturgy, praising it for giving voice to prayer and expressing the faith, always with the main objective of glorifying God and helping the faithful grow in holiness.
Elisabet Argemí, a nurse from ICOF Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, spoke briefly with Pope Leo at Castel Gandolfo and gave him "Learning to Die in Order to Live", a book that recounts the testimony of her brother, Xavier Argemí, who died at the age of 29 from muscular dystrophy.
The vocational journey to religious life is unique for every consecrated woman. Sr. Małgorzata Cur, of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate, shares her journey of faith and how her life of service has touched many people. Her path was influenced early by the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, who served in her home parish.
The 32nd National La Vang Pilgrimage Congress, dedicated to the theme “Mary, Messenger of the Good News,” in honour of Our Lady of La Vang was accompanied by a time of reflection and prayer. “La Vang is like the shrine of Lourdes in Vietnam,” observes Father Landry Varenne, a Vietnamese priest of the Paris Foreign Missions, referring to the impressive pilgrimages that mark the solemnity of the Assumption.
Catholic Diocese of Hwange Bishop Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube has consecrated and reopened a historic Mission on the Victoria Falls – Bulawayo highway. It is a significant revival of a once-abandoned sacred site, which has been out of use for decades.
Pope Leo mourns victims of a ferry disaster in Zimbabwe, praying for those who died as well as for civil authorities and rescue works, and all affected by the tragedy.
The Pope's garden next to the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican Gardens, commissioned in the Middle Ages by Pope Nicholas III Orsini, becomes 100% organic as it is managed according to the principle of caring for Creation, as set out in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si.’
Against a backdrop of strengthened health measures, chronic insecurity, and hope surrounding vaccine trials, Catholic schools in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are preparing for the new academic year and working to ensure that young people do not lose a year of education.
Save the Children is drawing attention to children as the most vulnerable group impacted by the 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia, particularly the island of Flores, on Saturday. The death toll has risen to at least 68, with 213 people injured and nearly 13,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.
During his homily at the Pontifical Mass marking the ninth centenary of the translation of the relics of Saint Agatha in Catania, Sicily, Cardinal Pietro Parolin invited the faithful to pray for the many Christians persecuted around the world.
Archbishop Paulus Budi Kleden, SVD, of Ende in Indonesia speaks to Vatican News about ongoing earthquake relief efforts and how bonds of faith and solidarity unite the people. He asks for prayers as the people begin their journey toward healing and recovery.
Pope Leo XIV’s appeal on the Middle East at the Angelus in Castel Gandolfo on 16 August is the latest expression of the Holy See’s longstanding support for a two-State solution as the only path to a “just and lasting” peace for Israel and Palestine.