Pope Francis expressed his concern about the lack of vocations in Italy, on the sidelines of the general audience he presided over in St. Peter’s Square on May 22, 2024. Leaving aside his notes, he encouraged Catholics to pray for vocations, as European figures show a sharp decline. Greeting novices taking part in a course Read More…

Talitha Kum — they are some of the only Aramaic words retained in the Bible. They mean: “Little girl, get up.” These are the words that an organization of Catholic sisters chose 15 years ago as their name, in their battle against human trafficking. As an umbrella network of sisters-led networks, Talitha Kum was established Read More…

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), visited Egypt in person to meet Coptic Orthodox leader Tawadros II, to discuss the document Fiducia supplicans, reports Vatican News this May 23, 2024. Last December’s declaration, which authorizes Catholic priests to grant non-liturgical blessings to people in “irregular situations,” Read More…

On May 23, 2024, Pope Francis authorized the publication of several decrees presented to him by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. In addition to Carlo Acutis, 12 future saints, three future blesseds and three venerables have been announced, as well as the forthcoming consistory to set the date Read More…

Forty-six years after the legalization of abortion in Italy, citizens “turn to the Lord to ask forgiveness for all the lives broken and the terrible sins committed against innocent human life.” A Eucharistic Adoration for Life was held May 22, 2024, at the Santuario di San Salvatore. This ancient sanctuary is said to have been Read More…

On August 19, 1799, Pope Pius VI died in Valence, France, where he had been a prisoner of the French revolutionary armies. He was given a civil burial in the municipal cemetery. The situation for the Church was disastrous: It found itself without a leader, but also without territory, since the Papal States had been Read More…

The alleged victim of Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, who accused the prelate of sexual abuse in a class-action lawsuit against the Diocese of Quebec, refused to cooperate with the preliminary inquiry commissioned by Pope Francis. Canadian judge André Denis revealed this fact at a press conference at the conclusion of his investigation on May 21, Read More…

A declaration this May 23, 2024, from the Vatican’s Dicastery for Saints’ Causes has announced that another miracle has been attributed to the intercession of Carlo Acutis (1991-2006), meaning he will be canonized. The miracle involved the healing of a young woman, 21, from Costa Rica, studying in Florence, Italy, who fell from her bicycle Read More…

We need the virtue that acts as the “great antagonist” of the “most mortal of sins,” but to get it, “it suffices to contemplate a starry sky,” says Pope Francis. “Blessed are the people who hold in their heart this perception of their own smallness!” the Pope said. “Humility is the gateway to all the Read More…

“The Lord, in China, has kept the faith of God’s people all along the journey,” said Pope Francis in a video message sent to participants in a seminar organized by the Holy See this May 21, 2024, in Rome on the 100th anniversary of the Concilium Sinense, China’s first synod. The seminar was attended by Read More…

A judge did not find “actions that amount to misconduct or abuse on the part of Cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix. Consequently, no further canonical procedure is foreseen,” announced a press release from the Vatican press office on May 21, 2024. No comment had been released from Canada, given that it was 6:00 a.m. in Quebec Read More…

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández believes that the new norms on apparitions, published on May 17, 2024, by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), will help to rule on the case of the controversial Marian shrine of Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. At a press conference at the Vatican, the cardinal explained the reasons behind Read More…