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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at his weekly general audience at the Vatican on January 21, 2026. Jan 21, 2026 / 08:05 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said Wednesday that the grandeur of the Incarnation cannot be reduced to viewing Jesus as a mere messenger of “intellectual truths,” but must be received as God’s full…
The traditional procession of Holy Week takes place annually in Ayacucho, Peru. | Credit: Milton Rodriguez/Shutterstock Jan 21, 2026 / 10:00 am (CNA). A Pew Research Center report found Catholics remain the largest religious group across Latin America despite increases in other religious identities. The report, “Catholicism Has Declined in Latin America Over the Past…
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Stuffed in between the Offertory and the Preface is a short but ancient prayer most Catholics probably pay little attention to: the Orate Fratres. The name comes from the Latin and is translated as “Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable…” I contend that Catholics rarely see the coherence of Mass prayers….
It’s been a little more than eight months since Cardinal Robert Prevost was elevated to Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, and he’s still a mystery. There’s more we don’t know about him than we do know. We can all speculate about how his pontificate will play out, but ultimately we need to realize that…
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Cardinals meet with Pope Leo XIV in the third session of the consistory on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 20, 2026 / 13:07 pm (CNA). Three U.S.-based cardinals issued a statement this week renouncing war as “an instrument for narrow national interests” and calling for the U.S. to engage…
