VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal “in pectore” — secretly — by St. Paul VI in 1969. But the bishop was in a communist prison in Romania and never received his red hat. Pope Leo XIV, along with representatives of the Romanian church…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a tribute to Pope Francis and his message of hope for the Jubilee Year, elite cyclists rode through Vatican City and its gardens before starting the last stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome. The 159 cyclists from 29 countries whooshed past Swiss Guards and Vatican police at the gates…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Families are the cradle of the future of humanity, Pope Leo XIV said during a Mass concluding the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. “Today’s world needs the marriage covenant in order to know and accept God’s love and to defeat, thanks to its unifying and reconciling power, the…
Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter Seventh Sunday of Easter Ascension of the Lord – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a church and a world divided and fractured, priests are called to be witnesses of God’s love and forgiveness, which reconciles people and makes them one community, Pope Leo XIV told new priests. Leading Christian communities not as “lords” but as stewards, “we will rebuild the credibility of a wounded…
WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has appointed Reverend Pedro Bismarck Chau as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark. Bishop-elect Chau is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark and currently serves as the rector of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey. At the same time, the Holy Father accepted…