12+ min ago (529+ words) As Pope Leo prepares for his first foreign trip, a look at the history of papal visits Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy on Thursday, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon. He is expected to make appeals for peace in the region and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches. Leo, the first U.S. pope, will give his first speeches to foreign governments and visit some sensitive cultural sites as part of a crowded itinerary during the November 27 to December 2 trip. His predecessor Pope Francis had planned to visit both countries but was unable to because of his worsening health. Francis died on April 21 and Leo, originally from Chicago, was elected pope on May 8 by the world's cardinals. "A pope's first foreign trip is an opportunity to capture and hold the world's attention," said John Thavis, a retired Vatican…...

42+ min ago (554+ words) From now through October 2026, the Spanish city will welcome pilgrims from around the world, offering a renewed light on the treasured relic kept there since the 15th century. Valencia, SPAIN " One of Christendom's most cherished relics will be at the heart of Valencia's religious life this coming year. Its archdiocese has just launched its third Jubilee Year dedicated to the Holy Chalice " a relic revered as the vessel used during the Last Supper. The jubilee's opening ceremony, Oct. 30, was presided over by Valencian Archbishop Enrique Benavent in a packed cathedral where the relic was on display. This special year, placed under the motto "Chalice of Hope," aims to offer pilgrims a renewed encounter with the sacrament of the Eucharist within the broader context of the Jubilee of Hope taking place in Rome until Jan. 6. In the coming months, an ambitious cultural,…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago (277+ words) By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) " The Vatican has issued a warning against the rise of polyamory, insisting marriage is the stable, lifelong and exclusive partnership between a man and woman. Polygamy tends to refer to one man with multiple wives, while polyamory involves people having multiple consensual romantic relationships at once. "Polygamy, adultery, or polyamory are based on the illusion that the intensity of the relationship can be found in a succession of faces," states the doctrinal note, titled "One Flesh " In Praise of Monogamy." "Our age, in fact, is experiencing various drifts with regard to love: an increase in divorces, the fragility of unions, the trivialization of adultery, and the promotion of polyamory." The 40-page document emphasizes the importance of marriage between man and a woman, with Cardinal Victor Manuel Fern'ndez, the prefect of the Vatican's doctrine office,…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (77+ words) Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem "(11/25/25)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel's "Messiah'John 1:2929 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.Holy Bible, The King James Version________________________ Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem "(11/25/25)[Prayer] Let all that has been Concealed Father, We Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem, This we Pray Together,...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (881+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) " The foundation of sacramental marriage is the unity of the spouses, a bond so intense and grace-filled that it is exclusive and indissoluble, said a document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. The document, "Una Caro" (One Flesh): In Praise of Monogamy. Doctrinal Note on the Value of Marriage as an Exclusive Union and Mutual Belonging," was released only in Italian by the Vatican Nov. 25. Pope Leo XIV approved its contents Nov. 21 and authorized its publication. "Although each marital union is a unique reality, embodied within human limitations, every authentic marriage is a unity composed of two individuals, requiring a relationship so intimate and all-encompassing that it cannot be shared with others," the document said. Cardinal V'ctor Manuel Fern'ndez, prefect of the doctrinal dicastery, wrote in the document"s introduction that the dicastery wanted…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago (960+ words) You can also view this page with the New Testament in Greek and English. 5. And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6. As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 7. And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 8. And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. BEDE. For it was ordained by the dispensation of God that the city itself and the temple should be overthrown, lest perhaps…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago (1064+ words) BOSTON " With peak holiday travel starting just after the government shutdown's flight restrictions, hope for a moment of peace at an airport can feel like a wing and a prayer. But quiet and worship are just what airport chapels have provided for decades to travelers and to the airport workers that many were originally designed for. "I love seeing travel bags and workers' outfits. It gives hope that you're ministering to a need," said the Rev. Brian Daley, one of the priests at Our Lady of the Airways at Boston's Logan International Airport. Built in the 1950s so that airport employees could attend Mass right in their sprawling workplace, it's widely considered the first airport chapel in the United States. It's also among the last to still function as a Catholic church instead of an interfaith space " though Muslim prayer rugs…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago (881+ words) Reading 1 Daniel 2:31-45 Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar: "In your vision, O king, you saw a statue, very large and exceedingly bright, terrifying in appearance as it stood before you. The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs bronze, the legs iron, its feet partly iron and partly tile. While you looked at the statue, a stone which was hewn from a mountain without a hand being put to it, struck its iron and tile feet, breaking them in pieces. The iron, tile, bronze, silver, and gold all crumbled at once, fine as the chaff on the threshing floor in summer, and the wind blew them away without leaving a trace. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. "This was the dream; the…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago (332+ words) Dicastery for the Causes of Saints On November 15, Fr. Carmelo de Palma was officially beatified by the Catholic Church in a ceremony in Bari, Italy. Pope Leo XIV praised Palma's life during his Angelus following the beatification: Yesterday, in Bari, Carmelo De Palma was beatified." He was a diocesan priest who died in 1961 after a life generously spent in the ministry of Confession and spiritual accompaniment. "May his witness inspire priests to give themselves unreservedly to the service of God's holy people. Palma's beatification was authorized after the miraculous healing of a Benedictine nun from the monastery of Santa Scolastica in Bari was attributed to his intercession. Born in 1876, Palma was left an orphan very young. He entered seminary at the age of 10 in Bari. He was ordained a priest in Naples and eventually appointed to the Basilica of S. Nicola…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago (473+ words) El documento de la oficina doctrinal del Vaticano afirm" que la Iglesia cat"lica tiene una posici"n bien documentada que sostiene la indisolubilidad del matrimonio como una uni"n de por vida entre los c"nyuges. Sin embargo, se'al" que la posici"n de la Iglesia sobre la naturaleza "nica y exclusiva del matrimonio mon"gamo es menos conocida. En los "ltimos a'os, en reuniones del Vaticano con obispos, los delegados africanos han expresado regularmente que la poligamia se practica ampliamente entre sus fieles y han solicitado orientaci"n al Vaticano. "Una sola carne: Elogio de la Monogamia" les proporciona un documento doctrinal que detalla el tratamiento del matrimonio en la Biblia, la poes'a, la teolog'a y la filosof'a cristianas, as' como por varios papas y concilios eclesi'sticos a lo largo de la historia. El documento tiene 40 p'ginas con…...