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Pope Leo XIV claps with pilgrims during an audience for the Jubilee of Hope in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 25, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo XIV gives advice for living with hope in a ‘troubled era’

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke celebrates a Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, at the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN

PHOTOS: Cardinal Burke celebrates Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated a special Traditional Latin Mass for hundreds of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica on
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies on the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Oct. 26, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Pope Leo: Don’t let tension between tradition, novelty become ‘harmful polarizations’

Pope Leo XIV said at a Mass on Sunday that no one in the Church “should impose his
A nun of the Incarnate Word sits with children during Sunday morning Mass at the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July 20, 2025. (photo: OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP via Getty Images)

Will There Be a New ‘Day After’ in Gaza?

COMMENTARY: The Latin Patriarchate is committed to a lasting peace and caring for all citizens in the war-torn
St. John Henry Newman, soon to be named Doctor of the Church. (photo: Melissa Hartog / Shutterstock/Design)

St. John Henry Newman’s ‘Second Spring’ Reaches Its Full Bloom

COMMENTARY: Once barred from Oxford for his faith, the English convert who preached of a ‘second spring’ now
Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Sadness in life can be healed through Christ

Pope Leo XIV at his general audience on Wednesday said sadness and disappointments can give rise to unexpected

5 ways St. John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever

You probably know that St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years

Walking with Mary in the Jubilee Year 

During the Jubilee for Marian Spirituality, pilgrims from around the world gathered in Rome to honor the Blessed

Saint Peter To Rot: Papua New Guinea’s First Martyr Saint

October 19th marked a historic day of joy for the people of Papua New Guinea, as Peter To

The Unpublished Drawings of Saint Carlo Acutis

A new book co-authored by theologian Fr. Giovanni Emidio Palaia and Antonia Salzano Acutis, mother of Saint Carlo

Seven New Saints Canonized by Pope Leo XIV

On October 19, 2025, one of the most solemn events of the Jubilee Year unfolded in St. Peter’s
Praying the Divine Office inside their Carmelite Monastery in Iceland. Credit: EWTN Vatican

A Hidden Life: Inside the Carmelite Monastery of Iceland

In the quiet expanse of Iceland, beyond the rush of the world, stands a Carmelite monastery where a
St. Teresa of Avila. Credit: Public Domain

St. Teresa of Ávila: Doctor of the Church

In the heart of Spain, within the ancient walls of Ávila, faith and history meet in an event
First Priestly Ordinations by Pope Leo XIV. Credit: Vatican Media

Vocation Story: Soldier to Priest

By: Valentina Di Donato  Just a few weeks after the start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, he celebrated
Pontifical North American Diaconate Ordinations in St. Peter's Basilica in 2016. Credit: CNA

NAC Diaconal Ordinations

In the majestic setting of St. Peter’s Basilica, sixteen seminarians from the Pontifical North American College received diaconal
Two missionary nuns present the gifts to Pope Leo at the closing Mass for the Jubilee of Missions and Migrants. Credit: Vatican Media

Jubilee of Migrants

In Rome, the Jubilee of Missionary and Migrant World brought together thousands of people from every corner of
Tomb of Bartolo Longo. Credit: EWTN Vatican

Bartolo Longo and his devotion to the Rosary

Bartolo Longo composed the Pompei novena, 54 days of praying five decades of the Rosary as a means of seeking grace in desperate cases and built the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary.

5 ways St. John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever

You probably know that St. John Paul II was the second pope with the longest pontificate in modern

Pope Francis presents “Dilexit nos”: an Encyclical on Human and Divine Love

An Initiative of Profound Spirituality Next Thursday, Pope Francis’ Encyclical, “Dilexit nos,” which explores the human and divine

Alcide de Gasperi: Man of Faith and State

Alcide De Gasperi: A visionary leader who, guided by faith and resilience, transformed war-torn Italy and laid the

St. Benedict and the Foundation of the Abbey of Monte Cassino

Discover the extraordinary history of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, the Abbey where St. Benedict of Norcia lived

The Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano

Jesus said to [Thomas], “Do you believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who, though they

Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Life of Faith and Sacrifice

Chiara Corbella Petrillo is a figure who has inspired many people through her witness of faith and her
Giovanni Paolo II - Credit: © L'Osservatore Romano

It happened today: John Paul II was elected pope

The Beginning of John Paul II’s Pontificate On October 16, 1978, at 6:18 p.m., white smoke from the

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