Articles by Victoria Cardiel
Gaza church attack: Without warnings by priest ‘it would have been a massacre’
Jul 17, 2025 / 18:00 pmFather Yusuf Asad, 49, assistant parochial vicar at Holy Family Church in Gaza, had just celebrated morning Mass when a loud bang sounded. At around 10:20 a.m. local time, a projectile hit the building.
Gaza's only Catholic priest among injured in Israeli attack
Jul 17, 2025 / 15:00 pmThe Holy Family Church in Gaza was hit Thursday amid a new wave of Israeli bombings, leaving several people dead and injured, including the church’s pastor, Gabriel Romanelli.
Pope urges immediate ceasefire after deadly attack on Catholic parish in Gaza
Jul 17, 2025 / 11:40 amFollowing a strike against the only Catholic Church in Gaza, which left at least two dead on July 17, Pope Leo XIV issued a call for an immediate ceasefire.
Irish team begins search for children's remains at former home for unwed mothers
Jul 16, 2025 / 15:45 pmA team of archaeologists, anthropologists, and forensic scientists have begun excavating an old septic tank this week at the former St. Mary's Mother and Baby Home run by the Bon Secours Sisters
‘A living and discreet Church’: Despite persecution, Catholic faith endures in Saudi Arabia
Jul 16, 2025 / 07:00 amUnlike neighboring countries that have shown signs of openness, when it comes to religious freedom Saudi Arabia remains one of the most restrictive states in the world.
Rome readies for Jubilee of Youth: ‘You will never experience anything like this again’
Jul 14, 2025 / 08:05 am“Young people will never experience this in their lives again. I’m sure of it. In practice, it will be like a World Youth Day,” Father Alfredo Tedesco explained.
Leo XIV withdraws papal delegate after agreement avoids schism in Syro-Malabar Church
Jul 10, 2025 / 14:30 pmThe specter of schism has hovered in recent years over the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Church in India—one of the 24 Eastern Churches in full communion with the Catholic Church.
Vatican approves Marian devotion in Slovakia but doesn’t recognize apparitions
Jul 9, 2025 / 17:21 pmThe Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith granted a nihil obstat of Marian devotion surrounding the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary on Mount Zvir in Slovakia.
Pope Leo XIV given 2 electric, eco-friendly ‘popemobiles’ for travel
Jul 7, 2025 / 15:34 pmPope Leo XIV has been given two electric vehicles that can be transported by air and will accompany him on his international travels.
Vatican exhibits Raphael’s legacy with the reopening of the Hall of Constantine
Jun 30, 2025 / 07:00 am“In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a presentation to the press held at the Vatican Museums.
PHOTOS: Rome celebrates its patron saints with a burst of colorful flowers
Jun 29, 2025 / 12:50 pmThe Via della Conciliazione, the grand avenue leading to St. Peter’s Square, was transformed on Sunday into a vibrant tapestry of color as part of the Historic Flower Festival.
Pope Leo XIV warns new archbishops against pastoral plans that repeat without renewing
Jun 29, 2025 / 10:15 amSpeaking on the June 29 solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Leo XIV also called for maintaining ecclesial unity while respecting diversity.
Pope Leo XIV says the unity of the Church ‘is nourished by forgiveness and mutual trust’
Jun 29, 2025 / 09:40 am“If Jesus trusts us, then we too can trust one another, in his name,” Pope Leo XIV said, extending his call to unity to all Christian denominations.
Pope Leo XIV denounces violations of international, humanitarian law in Gaza and Ukraine
Jun 26, 2025 / 15:29 pmIn an address to the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches, Pope Leo XIV lamented the imposition “of the principle of ‘might makes right’” in these territories.
Castel Gandolfo prepares to welcome Pope Leo XIV: ‘The heart of the city returns’
Jun 26, 2025 / 06:00 amCastel Gandolfo has been for centuries a place of rest, prayer, and study for popes. Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI spent their summers there.
At general audience, Pope Leo XIV laments ‘fatigue of living’ afflicting modern society
Jun 25, 2025 / 07:15 amThe pope addressed pilgrims at his final Wednesday general audience before summer break, when he is expected to reduce his schedule and public engagements for all of July.
Pope Leo XIV invites seminarians to bear witness to ‘tenderness’ and ‘mercy’ of Christ
Jun 24, 2025 / 16:37 pmOn June 24, Pope Leo XIV urged hundreds of seminarians from around the world to bear witness to the “tenderness” and “mercy” of Christ.
Jubilee of Seminarians, Bishops, and Priests gets underway in Rome
Jun 23, 2025 / 16:43 pmMore than 6,000 seminarians, bishops, and priests from five continents are in Rome this week to celebrate their jubilee as part of the Holy Year 2025.
Vatican backs report calling for financial reforms to alleviate global debt crisis
Jun 23, 2025 / 15:15 pmThe document was presented at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on June 20 as one of the main initiatives of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.
Christ is God’s answer to humanity’s hunger, Pope Leo XIV affirms on Corpus Christi
Jun 22, 2025 / 13:21 pmPope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the faithful to “multiply hope and to proclaim the coming of God’s kingdom” as he presided over Mass for the solemnity of Corpus Christi.