St. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France. On January 6, 1412, Joan of Arc was born to pious parents of the French peasant class in the obscure village of Domremy, near the province of Lorraine. At a very early age, she was said to have heard the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. At first the messages were personal and general, but when she was 13-years-old, she was in her father's garden and had visions of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint ...

Meeting with members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for the first time since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the movement's spiritual foundations and encourages its members to place their gifts at the service of the whole Church.

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Professor Léocadie Wabo Lushombo, a Congolese theologian based at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, United States, has emphasised that the civilization of love highlighted by Pope Leo XIV in his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanita, invites active participation and discussion grounded in love, with the goal of reducing inequalities in society.

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Meeting with the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, Pope Leo XIV highlights the importance of the Church’s Social Doctrine in a divided world, saying freedom must be lived as self-giving and dialogue grounded in truth.

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Pope Leo XIV tells participants in a Vatican conference on mental health, education, and digital technology that young people need help rediscovering silence, relationships, and openness to transcendence.

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As the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “The Light we resist, the Love we seek”.

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Pope Leo XIV and the Canadian Prime Minister hold a telephone conversation on the themes of the Pope’s recently published encyclical, as well as on efforts for peace among peoples, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine, and on topics of common interest.

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Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks at a Vatican conference on mental health, digital technologies, and education, lamenting that society offers young people every means available but no purpose.

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Bishop of Trier, Germany, from 332, and a miracle worker. He was probably born at Silly, France, and succeeded St. Agritus as bishop of Trier, giving refuge to St. Athanasius in 336. St. Paul, the patriarch of Constantinople, was also given Maximinus� protection. Maximinus was an ardent enemy of the Arian heretics, opposing them in the councils of Milan, Sardica, and Cologne. He was a known miracle worker and apologist for orthodox Catholicism and was called �one of the most courageous ...

Ten contemplative monasteries are preparing thousands of rosaries for Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic visit to Spain. The small hand-crafted objects are born of silence, prayer, manual labour, and the help of young volunteers.

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