Large family with 13-year-old in seminary and a baby named Leo touches pope’s heart
When their 13-year-old son entered the minor seminary, his parents had no idea that one day the whole family would meet Pope Leo XIV, an encounter that was a special blessing for them all. Thirteen-year-old Fernando Bejarano Calvo — the second of seven children — felt the desire to become a priest in preschool. “He […]
Pope Leo XIV: Parishes Must Care for Their People
The pontiff encouraged a Rome parish facing poverty and social challenges to show its closeness to those wounded and searching for hope. Pope Leo XIV continued his pastoral visits to parishes on the outskirts of Rome Sunday, traveling to the Santa Maria della Presentazione parish in the Torrevecchia neighborhood, where he encouraged Catholics to ensure […]
Pasolini: Humility and Conversion Lead to Peace
In a Lenten sermon to the pope, Roman Curia, and Vatican employees, Capuchin friar Father Roberto Pasolini drew the connection between humility, conversion, and peace in life of St. Francis of Assisi. The Lenten sermons began March 6 in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican, delivered by the Capuchin friar and preacher to […]
Pope Leo XIV Urges Respect for Journalists in AI Age
Pope Leo XIV congratulated the Corriere della Sera on its 150th anniversary and offered advice on how to continue to fulfill its service to society. “To respect the role of journalists and the dignity of readers,” Pope Leo XIV described the particular task of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera (Evening Courier) on the occasion […]
St. Hildegard of Bingen in Rome
In the traffic-clogged streets of central Rome, far from the noise that often surrounds the modern concept of “care,” there is a place where medicine rediscoveres the unhurried rhythm of listening. The home of the Opera dei Santi Angeli serves as a quiet refuge for laypeople, priests, families, and pilgrims searching for silence, prayer, and […]
Evangelizing through Beauty
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, EWTN Vatican spoke with Sister Emanuela Edwards, a Missionary of Divine Revelation whose life journey has taken her from the financial world of London to the spiritual heart of Rome. When asked what she values most about being a woman, Sister Emanuela responded with disarming simplicity: “I was […]
Women’s Growing Role in the Life of the Church
The number of women working in and with the Vatican continues to rise. Motivated by a shared mission to live and proclaim the Gospel, women are increasingly contributing their talents and experience to the work of the Church—both within Vatican institutions and in Catholic communities around the world. Sister Nathalie Becquart, Undersecretary of the Synod […]
Churches of Women Saints in the Eternal City
Rome’s skyline is crowned with domes and bell towers, and among the more than 900 churches scattered across the Eternal City, some of the most remarkable are dedicated not to apostles or popes, but to women whose stories continue to echo through stone, fresco, and mosaic. Three such churches—Santa Brigida, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, and […]
Holy See to UN: Christians Most Persecuted Group
The Holy See’s permanent observer to the UN provided statistics demonstrating the extent of the persecution of Christians worldwide. Speaking at a conference in Geneva on March 3, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since 2023, decried the fact that Christians are the most persecuted community in […]
Pope Leo XIV’s March Prayer Intention: Peace
In a video released on X, the Holy Father posed a question to the faithful: “Would you imagine what a world without wars would be like? A world without the terror of approaching explosions?” Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of March is for disarmament and peace. In a video released on X, […]
