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FULL TEXT of Pope Leo’s Message for Lent 2026

The PDF version of the Pope Leo’s Message for Lent 2026. This is the text of the document: MESSAGE
A statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in the grotto at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France on May 15, 2015. She is believed to have appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 as the "Immaculate Conception."

LIVE MASS: Candlelight Procession from Our Lady of Lourdes, France

Follow the Candlelight Procession (9 PM Rome time) from the Shine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France

World Day of the Sick in Lourdes

Saint Bernadette’s Example to Us Today

Why is St. Blaise’s Throat Kept in a Church in Rome?

Every February 3rd, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Blaise, the patron saint of throat diseases. What very few know is that part of his own throat is kept as a relic in a church located on one of the most emblematic streets of Rome.

Pope Leo’s First Full Year of His Pontificate in 2026

The latest news from the Vatican and the Holy Father: We have now entered what will be the first
Bishop Erik Varden and Jamie Baxter during the filming of Desert Fathers in a Year. Credit: EWTN Vatican

The Desert Fathers in a Year

On January 17, the Church celebrates St. Anthony Abbot, one of the great Desert Fathers whose radical search

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