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Often it is helpful to linger a little while longer on the spiritual depth of a particular feast day. Epiphany is one such day — a day we often pass by on our way back to “normal” from Christmas vacation. One way to pause for a moment on this feast is to read the following Read More…

Read this beautiful reflection on the mystery of Epiphany

After celebrating a rite to close the Holy Door of St. Peter’s and then Mass for the Epiphany, Pope Leo came to the loggia of the Basilica for the midday Angelus. The Square was full of pilgrims marking this popular feast and the end of the Jubilee of Hope, despite cold temperature and a drizzly Read More…

Cold and rainy Square for midday Angelus (Photos)

Caritas Jerusalem was among the 37 aid organizations prohibited by the State of Israel from working in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, but the organization says it will continue work as usual. Caritas Jerusalem is part of Caritas Internationalis, the international aid organization of the Catholic Church. The new restrictions came from Israel’s Ministry of Read More…

Caritas Jerusalem among aid groups banned from Gaza

After the rite for the closing of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which brought the ordinary Jubilee of 2025 to an end, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s for the feast of the Epiphany. The Holy Father likened the millions who crossed through the Holy Door to the Magi who arrived Read More…

Yes, the Magi still exist today, says Pope (text of homily)

Pope Leo XIV closed the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at 9:41 a.m. on January 6, 2026, thus concluding the 28th Jubilee in the history of the Catholic Church. Just over a year after its opening by Pope Francis on December 24, 2024, his successor knelt in prayer on the threshold before closing, one Read More…

Pope Leo kneels at threshold of Holy Door, closes Jubilee

Rome had been preparing for years for this extraordinary event: Welcoming an estimated 30 million Jubilee pilgrims over the course of a year. The final numbers were even higher: In the months leading up to the Jubilee’s opening, the Eternal City was covered with construction sites, scaffolding, temporary barricades, cranes, excavators, and drilling machines … Read More…

Jubilee 2025: Opened by Francis, closed by Leo XIV (Pictures)

Newly-inaugurated NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani began his reign by praising collectivism and attacking private property.

We Three Kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar. . . . Who were these gift-bearing kings, these Wise Men of the East? What has their mission meant to Christians across the ages? [...]