Posted on 08/29/2026 00:28 AM ()
Through the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, Pope Leo XIV has sent financial support to Caritas Nepal as relief operations continue and the death toll in the affected regions rises hourly, with over 630 known to have died and approximately 3,000 still missing.
Posted on 08/29/2026 00:28 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV will celebrate tonight the Feast of Our Lady of the Lake in Castel Gandolfo at the church consecrated by Pope Saint Paul VI and will become the first Pope to travel by boat along part of the lake, accompanied by around ten other vessels.
Posted on 08/29/2026 00:03 AM ()
Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, presiding over Mass in Rome on 28 August for the liturgical memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, reflects on the spiritual journey of the “Doctor of Grace,” who “deeply loved the Church” and never tired of serving it.
Posted on 08/28/2026 22:00 PM ()
As the Church celebrates the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Edmund Power reflects on the theme: “Not conformed but transformed.”
Posted on 08/28/2026 04:50 AM ()
The Chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace, Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, calls on the international community “to mobilize greater humanitarian assistance support” for victims of deadly flash flooding in Nepal.
Posted on 08/28/2026 04:02 AM ()
In less than a month, Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France will begin — the first papal visit to the country in 18 years. Young people, in particular, are eagerly looking forward to the encounter and will be among those accompanying the Pope during his visit.
Posted on 08/28/2026 03:32 AM ()
The Vatican publishes the calendar of Liturgical Celebrations at which Pope Leo XIV will preside in the coming months.
Posted on 08/28/2026 02:25 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV sends his condolences to King Haakon VIII and the people of Norway for the death of King Harald V, and praises the late King's decades of "devoted service" to the Scandinavian nation.
Posted on 08/28/2026 01:18 AM ()
Ahead of the first anniversary of the beatification of Blessed Eduard Profittlich, Catholics in Estonia reflect on his enduring call for ecumenical dialogue and peace for the region.
Posted on 08/28/2026 01:17 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV encourages members of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences to continue their research “in order to find the ways and means of contributing to public administration in the humanization of digital technologies, so that they may serve life and peace” and warns of the real risk that humanity could “become victim” of the inventions it has created.
