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In the morning, the Holy Blood is venerated in St. Salvator Cathedral during a Eucharistic celebration, with archbishop of Tehran Cardinal Dominique Mathieu concelebrating. Then during the procession, he carries the reliquary for part of the route on May 29, 2025.

PHOTOS: 45,000 attend Bruges’ Holy Blood Procession honoring Christ’s relic

May 31, 2025

By Thomas Philipp Reiter

The Medieval city of Bruges, Belgium, marked a centuries-old tradition with veneration of the UNESCO-honored Holy Blood Procession on the... Read more

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Holy Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli during the Advent season. December 2024.

Gaza church attack: Without warnings by priest ‘it would have been a massacre’

Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel in the Mediterranean Sea approach the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney in 2013. Carney provided food and water to the migrants aboard the vessel before coordinating with a nearby merchant vessel to take them to safety.

Catholic youth urge European leaders to address migrant crisis with charity, understanding

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on July 15, 2025.

Catholic Sen. Tim Kaine blasts GOP for slashing aid funding

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia.

The Holy See at the UN calls for urgent measures to protect families

Father Gabriel Romanelli with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, celebrating Christmas Mass at Holy Family Parish in Gaza, in December 2024.

Gaza's only Catholic priest among injured in Israeli attack

Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito, the Liaison Bishop for the SACBC Migrants and Refugees Office.

Bishop says U.S. aid cuts, not migrants, crippling South Africa’s health system

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday met with a U.S. ecumenical group, led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, encouraging them to “return to the roots of our faith” in their pilgrimage to Italy and Turkey. July 17, 2024.

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Orthodox-Catholic pilgrim group at Castel Gandolfo

A view of the damage to the Holy Family church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic church killed two and injured several people on July 17, including the parish priest, as well as causing damage to the building.

Pope urges immediate ceasefire after deadly attack on Catholic parish in Gaza

A view of the damage to the Holy Family church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025.

UPDATE: Latin Patriarchate confirms Holy Family Church in Gaza hit, 3 deaths reported

Library in Starfield Shopping Mall, Suwon, South Korea.

South Korean priests undergo AI training

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