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Lent’s Quiet Shift Inside the Vatican

Purple vestments, stripped altars, and the scent of incense mark the Church’s entrance into Lent. Inside the Vatican,

Lent 2026 in Rome

This EWTN Vaticano episode explores four powerful Lenten themes unfolding in Rome — from the ancient Station Churches

Ash Wednesday: Pope Leo XIV Begins Lent with Rome’s Station Church

Rome’s Aventine Hill—one of the city’s seven historic hills and a place steeped in early Christian worship—will mark
Priest stepping into the confessional at St. Mary Major in Rome. Credit: EWTN Vatican

Lent and the Power of Confession

The forty days of Lent invite Christians to look inward. It is a season that calls for examination
Fr. Wenceslao Vial in an interview with EWTN Vatican. Credit: EWTN Vaticano screenshot.

Where Psychology Meets the Sacraments: Confession

He was trained to heal with a scalpel — and later called to heal in the confessional. Father
Pope Leo makes his first pastoral visit to a Roman parish on Sunday, February 15, 2026. Credit: Daniel Ibanez | EWTN Vatican

Pope Leo XIV: Lent in 5 of Rome’s Parishes

This Lent, beginning February 15, Pope Leo XIV will step beyond the Vatican walls and into the neighborhoods

The Rome church where you can venerate St. Valentine’s skull

When most people think of romantic love, a third-century skull crowned with flowers probably does not spring to
Pope Leo at Sunday's Angelus from the Apostolic Palace on February 8, 2026. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in Nigeria, Sends Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

Pope Leo XIV addressed escalating violence in Nigeria, extended humanitarian aid to war-torn Ukraine, and approved key developments
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) | Credit: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Vatican offers talks with SSPX, warns illicit consecrations would end dialogue

Doctrinal office tells traditionalist group that consecrating bishops without papal mandate would mean a “decisive rupture” of communion.
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
Marysia and her mother, Agata Szlązak. Our Lady of Lourdes. Credit: EWTN Vatican

World Day of the Sick: When Suffering Becomes Prayer

Each year on Feb. 11—the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes—the Church observes the World Day of the
Pope Leo celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2026. Credit: Daniel Ibanez | EWTN Vatican.

The Origins and Meaning of Candlemas

Thousands of small flames flicker in the air, dancing beneath the vaulted ceilings of St. Peter’s Basilica. One
Facade of Milan's Cathedral. Credit: Canva. Olympic Cross. Credit: EWTN Vatican.

The Church at the Olympics: A Cross of Unity Arrives in Milan

As Milan prepares to welcome the world for the upcoming Winter Games, the Catholic Church is also opening
Via della Conciliazione leading to St. Peter's gift, a gift of Mussolini to the Vatican City State. Credit: Canva

How the Vatican Became a Country

A secretive deal, a historic compromise. February 11, 1929, marked a key moment in the modern history of
Pope Leo greets pilgrims after Wednesday's General Audience on February 4, 2026. Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican: SSPX, Newman, and the Olympics

From gestures of peace ahead of the Winter Games to historic appointments and emerging tensions, this week’s Vaticano

Catholic AI and Human Dignity

Happy Feast of the Presentation of the Lord! Strolling through Rome, its grandeur can overwhelm. But for those
Pope Leo's Papal crest. Credit: EWTN Vatican

Catholic Heraldry: Rome’s Hidden Language of Faith

Strolling through the streets of Rome, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the city’s grandeur. Yet for
Pope Leo's new Mosaic. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo’s Portrait Among the Popes

In keeping with a centuries-old tradition that follows the election of every pontiff, a mosaic bearing the portrait
Portrait of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati

New Film Released: St. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Known for his joyful faith and tireless service to the sick and the poor, Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati
Vaticano screenshot of a digitial model of St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: EWTN Vatican

Who Answers When We Ask AI About God?

Artificial intelligence can deliver instant answers to almost any question. But when the questions turn to faith, suffering,
Archbishop Georg Gänswein in the Nunciature in Vilnius. Credit: EWTN Vatican

Archbishop Georg Gänswein: A Life at the Heart of the Papacy

For nearly two decades, Archbishop Georg Gänswein stood at the very center of Vatican life. As the private
Pope Leo on the papal flight returning from his first Apostolic Journey to Türkiye and Lebanon. Credit: Vatican Media

The Year Ahead with Pope Leo XIV

The Holy Door has closed, but the first full year of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate is just beginning
St. Maximilian Kolbe. Credit: EWTN Vaticano (Screenshot)

St. Maximilian Kolbe: A Witness of Light in the Darkness of Auschwitz

This is a place where humanity touched the deepest abyss of evil. More than one million innocent lives

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