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Vatican journalists went all out in welcoming Pope Leo aboard for his first apostolic flight as he departed early this morning for Turkey. (The second stage of his trip will bring him to Lebanon.) The 80-some journalists on board were eager to greet him and share stories and gifts, and since it’s Thanksgiving, that had Read More…

Pope Leo gets pumpkin pie on flight to Turkey

As Aleteia readers probably know well, Sicily is the birthplace of many Catholic culinary traditions. From the “flying cookies” of Vicari to the “genovesi” of Erice, the island’s nunneries and monasteries have invented some of the most iconic Sicilian treats. This Thanksgiving season, take a vicarious trip to the heartland of Sicily to find out Read More…

Sicily’s nun-invented pumpkin cookies: Muccunetti

During the first apostolic journey of his pontificate, which will take him to Turkey and Lebanon from November 27 to December 2, 2025, Leo XIV will encounter two very different realities with regard to the local Catholic communities. Here’s an overview based on official figures from the Vatican’s Central Statistics Office published ahead of the Read More…

An overview of the Catholic Church in Turkey and Lebanon

“What do you have that you did not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:6). Western society has lived in open revolt against authority and tradition since the 1960s. Among the many causes and dispositions that underlie this [...]

Incapable as we are of paying our debts to God according to justice, we should at least try to supply for them by our gratitude.

We’ll celebrate 250 years of the United States this coming July, but not many people know that the Catholic faith was here hundreds of years before that. “The evangelization of Native Americans in the United States began in the 1500s — by the Spanish in the southwest, and by the French in the northeast,” said Read More…

Fascinating and little-known history of Catholic Native Americans

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