Apostles’ Fast
On the Byzantine calendar, today begins the Apostles’ Fast. This is in preparation for the feast of SS. Peter & Paul on June 29. For more info, read the brief…
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A prayer for Mothers
O Lord, our God, look down with merciful eyes upon our humble and earnest petition which we fervently offer to You today in behalf of all of our mothers. Shower…
The Pope’s first public address
Pope Leo XIV, during his first Regina Coeli today, on the Good Shepherd Sunday and the day of prayer for vocations, tells young people: “Do not be afraid” to accept…
Habemus papam
Today, the cardinals elected the 267th successor to St. Peter, Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, OSA. He is the second American to be elected to the throne of St Peter following…
Eastern patriarchs at the funeral
The Eastern Catholic patriarchs sing the Panikhida prayers at Pope Francis’s funeral. The heads of the Eastern Catholic Churches were also present at Pope Benedict’s, St John Paul II’s and…
A Melkite at the Pope’s Funeral
Bishop François at the Funeral for Pope Francis.