Every April 30th, we honor Pope Saint Pius V, a 16th-century leader who defended the Church and Christian Europe. Elected prior four times for his holiness and wisdom, he was a true Defender of Faith and a reformist Pontiff.

While most people associate St. Catherine with the Italian hill town of Siena, the Dominican Doctor of Church is one of the patron saints of Rome and spent her last years in the Eternal City, where one can visit her tomb and the room where she died.

After completing a one-day trip to Venice, Pope Francis is set to return to northern Italy in late May for a visit to the city of Verona, where he will attend events focused on peace and justice while also meeting with clergy, laity, and inmates.

The Vatican announces a new leader for the Ordinariate in Great Britain. Father David Waller, a parish priest and vicar general of the Ordinariate of Our Lady, will succeed Monsignor Keith Newton, becoming the first ordinary bishop of the Ordinariate.

The World Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod opened to discuss 'how to be a local synodal Church in mission'. For four days, 300 priests from around the world meet to share experiences and address topics from the synod's synthesis report.