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Pentecost painting.

Everything you need to know about Pentecost

May 19, 2024

This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year, which concludes the Easter season. 

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle at the Synod of Bishops on Oct. 9, 2015.

Pope Francis appoints Cardinal Tagle as special envoy to National Eucharistic Congress 

May 18, 2024

The Vatican announced Saturday that the pope has appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle,as his special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress this July.

Pope Francis speaks to pilgrims gathered in the arena in Verona, Italy, on May 18, 2024.

Pope Francis’ pastoral visit to Verona emphasizes call to be peacemakers  

May 18, 2024

The pope’s one-day visit to the northern Italian city of Verona on Saturday centered on a message of peace.

A map of a few of the largest cities that will be traversed by the Serra Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimages.

The longest and grandest of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimages: A look at the Serra Route

May 18, 2024

The Serra Route pilgrims will walk over 2,000 miles — across the Golden Gate Bridge, the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, and the Midwest’s Great Plains.

A view of the crowd and nearby waterfront at the opening Mass for World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal on Aug. 1, 2023.

How life has changed for the girl who recovered her sight at 2023 World Youth Day

May 18, 2024

Jimena is the young woman who regained her sight after receiving Communion at a Mass during World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, last August.

Construction projects are underway in Rome as the city prepares for the 2025 Jubilee Year.

Here’s how the city of Rome is preparing for the 2025 Jubilee Year

May 18, 2024

Approximately 358 planned projects in the Lazio region, where Rome is located, are underway in preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year.

A map of the Juan Diego Route which goes through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, ending in Indiana.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage: Don’t miss these stops on the St. Juan Diego Route

May 18, 2024

The St. Juan Diego Route will start at the southern tip of Texas with a Pentecost Mass hosted by the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Brownsville.

Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2021.

Orthodox patriarch anticipates Pope Francis visit to Turkey for Council of Nicaea anniversary

May 17, 2024

Pope Francis might be traveling to Turkey next year for the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, according to Patriarch Bartholomew.

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Nebraska bishop shares mental illness story, offers message of hope 

May 17, 2024

Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln shared in a May 16 letter about his experience with mental illness and recovery.

Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan backs codifying Roe

May 17, 2024

Hogan endorsed the plan to codify Roe in an interview with the New York Times, which was published on Thursday, May 16.

California governor: Pope Francis told me he was ‘proud’ of state’s death penalty moratorium

May 17, 2024

No one has been executed in California since 2006, due in part to a moratorium beginning in 2019 that Newsom oversaw via executive order.

Movie on Blessed Carlo Acutis and his love for the Eucharist opens this weekend

May 17, 2024

“Eucharistic Miracles: The Heartbeat of Heaven” about Blessed Carlo Acutis and the Eucharistic miracles he studied is showing in theaters this weekend.