Archive for June 15, 2025

From left to right: Karol Wojtyla Sr., Joseph Ratzinger Sr., Mario Jose Bergoglio, Louis Marius Prevost.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Meet the fathers behind the Church’s 4 most recent popes

Here’s a look at the dads behind our last four Holy Fathers. Read more

The Freedom Group was founded in 2023 and works to help men gain freedom from pornography addiction.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

He fought porn addiction for 23 years — now he helps other men find freedom

The Freedom Group, founded in 2023, offers men a 12-month program as well as additional courses and retreats to help... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to those gathered for Mass for the Jubilee of Sport on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV on Holy Trinity Sunday: God’s ‘dynamic’ love opens humanity to encounter  

The solemnity coincided with the June 14–15 Jubilee of Sport, where Pope Leo XIV asked pilgrims who belong to sports... Read more

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Notre-Dame de Paris (French for “Our Lady of Paris”), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world.

Notre-Dame Cathedral welcomes more than 6 million visitors since reopening

The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV in Dolton, Illinois.

UPDATE: Pope Leo XIV’s hometown purchases his childhood home

The funeral of Matteo Balzano, a young Italian priest who recently took his own life at the age of 35, was held July 8, 2025, in the presence of the faithful — especially young people — he served at the parish in Cannobio in the Piedmont region.

‘You were, above all, a friend’: Eulogy for Italian priest who died by suicide

Charitable organizations distribute food to displaced people in shelter tents in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 9, 2024.

As conditions worsen in Gaza, novena for peace set to start

A map of Nigeria.

Security guard killed, 3 seminarians abducted from Nigerian seminary

St. Peter’s Chapel and Native American Museum at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site in Fonda, New York.

Historic St. Kateri Tekakwitha shrine welcomes visitors to walk in her footsteps

Pope Leo greets pilgrims during the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Rome readies for Jubilee of Youth: ‘You will never experience anything like this again’

Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi receives Joseph Aoun back in January 2024.

6 months into new presidency, Lebanese Christians take stock

Seminarian Josh Brooks.

Athlete, convert to Catholicism, and future priest: The story of Josh Brooks

Pope Leo XIV waves as he enters Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo to give his first public Angelus address from the lakeside town 18 miles southeast of Rome on July 13, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV greeted by international crowd at first Angelus from Castel Gandolfo

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