Gertruda Detzel: The Hidden Flame of Faith
Gertruda Detzel: The Hidden Flame of Faith The hidden story of Servant of God Gertruda Detzel — a laywoman who kept the flame of faith alive through decades of Soviet persecution — has now reached Rome. Bishop Evgeny Zinkovskiy, Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, presented her cause to Pope Leo XIV, one day after a meeting […]
Florence 101: Fascinating Renaissance History Facts
Florence 101: Fascinating Facts About Home of Renaissance Become a quick “Renaissance Man” on Florence 1. The Birthplace of the Renaissance 2. The Medici Family as a Major Influece in Florence 3. John the Baptist as the Patron Saint of Florence 4. Church of Santa Croce – Tombs of the Greats 5. A Center for […]
Pope Leo XIV, Abbas Discuss Two
Pope Leo XIV discusses 2-state solution with Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas Pope Leo XIV received President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine for an audience in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Thursday, almost a month after the truce agreement in the Gaza Strip came into effect. According to the Holy See Press Office, during the meeting “it […]
Pope Leo XIV Welcomes Signing of New Ecumenical Charter
Pope Leo XIV receives European Christian leaders after signing of new Ecumenical Charter Pope Leo XIV received in a Nov. 6 audience the members of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE, by its Spanish acronym), the Ecumenical Council of Churches (CEC), and the representatives of the Christian Churches of Europe, who met in Rome […]
Vatican Clarifies Mary’s Role and New Polygamy Document
Vatican News: Pope Leo XIV Clarifies Marian Doctrine and Announces Upcoming Document on Polygamy This week’s Vatican developments centered on theological clarity, pastoral care, and hope. From Marian doctrine to the issue of polygamy, Pope Leo XIV continues to emphasize transparency, compassion, and faithfulness to Church teaching. Pope Leo XIV Calls for Patience in the […]
Venice 101: Fascinating Facts for Pilgrims and Travelers
Venice 101: Fascinating Facts about Venice Become a quick “Renaissance Man” on Venice 1. Venice’s Urban Routes are Canals 2. The Christian Reference Behind Venice’s Symbol of the Winged Lion 3. The Relics of St. Mark Are Located in Venice 4. Venice is Sinking Slowly 5. Venice Has Its Own Dialect 6. Antonio Vivaldi was […]
Pope Leo XIV Urges Help for Myanmar, Shares Easter Hope
Pope Leo XIV urges world not to forget Myanmar; says Easter ‘gives hope to everyday life’ Pope Leo XIV appealed on Wednesday for the international community not to abandon the people of Myanmar as the country remains gripped by civil war and severe humanitarian need. He made the appeal during his weekly general audience in […]
Pope Leo XIV: ‘Piety Without Doctrine Is Sentimentality’
Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: ‘Piety without doctrine becomes fragile sentimentality’ Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday addressed a letter to seminarians of the Archdiocese of Trujillo, Peru, reminding them of the need to be close to Christ while discerning a vocation to the priesthood. In a long letter to men studying at the “San Carlos […]
What Is a Catholic Cemetery? A Place of Faith and Hope
What Is a Catholic Cemetery? The history of how the cemetery came to represent many forms — religious, civic, military, private — but lost its Catholic heart. In recent years, various Catholic institutions have been asked to articulate their “identities.” What makes a Catholic university Catholic? A Catholic hospital? A Catholic cemetery? It’s not a […]
Newman, Ultramontanism, and Church Authority Today
Newman and the New Ultramontanism COMMENTARY: The newest doctor of the Catholic Church would surely deplore the heresy’s 21st-century version. The All Saints Day proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as a Doctor of the Catholic Church was entirely welcome, if not without a certain irony. First, the good news. Newman was one of the […]
