The Quiet Potential of the Daily ‘Examen’
COMMENTARY: The three-to-five-minute exercise can be life-changing. There is something both liberating and disorienting about summer. The school year carries me. It’s not always graceful, but the structure is there: the early mornings, the carpool, the rhythm that tells me where I am in the day. When summer arrives and that rhythm stops, I don’t […]
Training journalists to be peacemakers: EWTN Summer Academy concludes in Rome
EWTN hosted 43 young media professionals from around the world for an intensive journalistic training program June 22 to July 1. Inspired by its mission, EWTN News held its fifth annual EWTN Summer Academy in Rome to train future generations of Catholic journalists. From June 22 to July 1, the EWTN Vatican Bureau hosted 43 […]
U.S. ambassador describes July 4 dinner with Pope Leo XIV
Speaking with Italian media, Brian Burch said the informal evening showed a pontiff who is both personally at ease with his American roots and conscious of his universal mission. Pope Leo XIV still has a Peruvian credit card, wakes in the middle of the night and checks soccer results, follows the Chicago White Sox, and […]
Vatican October meeting to focus on divorce, other family issues
Pope Leo XIV has called the presidents of bishops’ conferences to Rome Oct. 7–14 for a weeklong gathering on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia.” VATICAN CITY — A Vatican meeting of bishops in October will focus on divorce and separation, among other family-related issues, according to the preparatory document published Monday. The gathering of […]
This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of July
Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of July is for respect for human life in all circumstances. “Both you and I have received the most beautiful gift of life — your breath, your heartbeat, your smile, all that you are is God’s work of love,” Pope Leo said in a video shared on […]
Pope Leo XIV says Christ is hope amid the scourge of war
The pontiff prayed the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square before traveling to Castel Gandolfo for three weeks of vacation. VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said Christ remains the Church’s hope amid war, slavery, sin, and the wounds of history, urging Christians to learn from Jesus a “school of freedom” rooted in the […]
Pope Leo’s Diplomats: World’s Oldest Diplomatic Network
VATICAN CITY — The Holy See may be the world’s smallest sovereign state, but it maintains one of the world’s oldest and most extensive diplomatic networks. With diplomatic relations spanning more than 180 sovereign states, the European Union, and 184 apostolic nunciatures around the world, the Holy See works to strengthen relations between the Church […]
Pope Leo XIV dines with U.S. ambassador on Independence Day
The pope visited the private residence of U.S. Ambassador Brian Burch after returning from Lampedusa. VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV had dinner July 4 at the private residence of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch, the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See said. The dinner took place at the ambassador’s residence on […]
How the Holy See Brings the Gospel to the United Nations
GENEVA — The Holy See may be the world’s smallest sovereign state, but its mission reaches far beyond the walls of the Vatican. Through its participation in international organizations such as the United Nations, the Holy See brings the Church’s voice to global discussions on peace, human rights, and social issues. At the center of […]
What Is a Consistory? Pope Leo explains
VATICAN CITY — Clad in scarlet red to symbolize the blood of the martyrs, the cardinals of the Catholic Church are among the pope’s closest collaborators. Known as the “Princes of the Church,” they advise the Holy Father on matters affecting the universal Church and, when a pope dies or resigns, gather in conclave to […]