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Vatican newspaper decries Israeli attack on Catholic school building in Lebanon (CWN)

The Vatican newspaper decried the Israeli army’s attack on a Catholic school building in Yaroun, Lebanon.

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England celebrates the Feast of the English Martyrs, a group of forty men, women, religious, priests, and lay people who were canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 25, 1970 (in Wales this feast is celebrated October 25th as the Six Welsh Martyrs and Companions).

In Syria, Icon Restoration Becomes Quiet Fight to Preserve Christian Memory

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Race Car Driver’s Gift Fuels Mobile Ministry in Ohio Diocese

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The Risen Jesus Calls You by Name

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Pope Leo XIV Remembers Journalists Killed by War and Violence

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Pope encourages Rosary during May, recalls World Press Freedom Day (CWN)

At the conclusion of his Regina Caeli address today, Pope Leo XIV encouraged the praying of the Rosary during the Marian month of May and recalled World Press Freedom Day.

Pope Leo ordains 4 auxiliary bishops, tells them to seek out the rejected (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV ordained four priests as auxiliary bishops of Rome at a Mass celebrated in the Lateran Basilica last evening (booklet, video).

Faith frees our hearts from anxiety and illusion, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV told pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square today that faith “frees our hearts from the anxiety of possessing and acquiring, and from the illusion that we must pursue a position of prestige to have worth” (video).