Archive for May 11, 2025

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Paris, France is the site where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Catherine Labouré.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

A prayer for mothers and for those who seek healing on Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day falls on May 11 this year in the United States and Canada as the Catholic tradition continues of... Read more

“Have no fear! Trust in the Lord” Pope Leo XIV waves at a massive, jubilant crowd gathered on St. Peter’ s Square for the Regina Coeli on Sunday, May 11, 2025?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Pope Leo calls on youth to ‘accept the invitation of the Church and Christ the Lord’

Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s... Read more

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By Jonah McKeown

U.S. bishops’ updated document on pornography addresses loneliness epidemic, deepfakes

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a new 10th anniversary preface to a major document on the Church’s... Read more

More than 10,000 faithful gather on May 10, 2025, in front of the Cathedral of Santa María de Chiclayo in Peru to celebrate a Thanksgiving Mass for the election of Pope Leo XIV.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

Election of Pope Leo XIV celebrated with Mass of Thanksgiving in Peru

The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and Peruvian... Read more

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St. Paul’s Hospital, operated by Providence Health Care, has a MAID facility on its campus, operated by the British Columbia government’s Vancouver Coastal Health.

Euthanasia facility quietly opens at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver

Auxiliary Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera is secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Vatican secretary for protection of minors: ‘Harming a victim is harming the image of God’

Smoke from incense drifts in the air at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, where the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded on June 22, 2025.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concludes with Corpus Christi Mass in LA

Pope Leo XIV leads a Eucharistic procession in Rome on June 22, 2025, for the feast of Corpus Christi.

Christ is God’s answer to humanity’s hunger, Pope Leo XIV affirms on Corpus Christi

Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus on June 22, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV after U.S. bombings in Iran: ‘Humanity cries out and pleads for peace’

Despite being Yazidi, a religious minority that has suffered persecution in Iraq, Wael Jejo Khdeida, along with his wife, tends to Mar Odisho Church in northern Iraq without pay and treats it as sacred.

‘The church comes first’: A Yazidi family’s promise to protect a Christian sacred site

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From heartache to hope: One woman’s mission to match Catholics for marriage

A life-sized statue of Christ is displayed at the site of the Stations of the Cross garden in Maysville, Kentucky, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

Kentucky political leader builds life-sized Stations of the Cross garden

Pope Leo XIV tells political leaders that “natural law, which is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting” at the Jubilee of Governments on June 21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV tells politicians that AI should serve human beings, not replace them

Venerable Enrique Shaw.

Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw one step closer to beatification

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