Octave Day of St. John – 10th Day of Christmas
Because of the lofty and glorious flight of his teaching.
Month: January 2026
St. John Nepomucene Neumann
St. John Nepomucene Neumann Feast date: Jan 05 John Neumann was born on March 28, 1811, in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. His parents were Philip and Agnes Neumann. He had four sisters and a brother. After college, John entered the seminary. When the time came for his ordination, the bishop was sick … Read more
Vatican says more than 33 million pilgrims took part in jubilee
Seminarians approach the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Jan 5, 2026 / 09:00 am (CNA). More than 33.4 million pilgrims traveled to Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Hope, surpassing initial projections, the Vatican said Monday. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the … Read more
St. Carlo Acutis’ parents helped develop new Vatican City State app
The news app for Vatican City State, developed with support from the family of St. Carlo Acutis. / Credit: Vatican City State/Screenshot Vatican City, Jan 5, 2026 / 10:20 am (CNA). The parents of St. Carlo Acutis contributed to the development of a new official news application connected to the institutional website of the Vatican … Read more
St. Edmund Campion
St. Edmund Campion Feast date: Dec 01 Edmund Campion was born in London on January 25, 1540. He was raised as a Catholic, and had such a powerful and flamboyant intellect that at the age of only 17, he was made a junior fellow at Saint John’s College of Oxford University. On visiting the university, Queen … Read more
Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka
Feast date: Oct 29 Helen Kafka was born in 1894 to a shoemaker and grew up in Vienna, Austria. At the age of 20, she decided to join the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity and took the name Restituta after an early Church martyr. In 1919, she began working as a surgical nurse in Austria. When the … Read more
Jan. 4 The Epiphany of the Lord, Solemnity
On the Epiphany of the Lord, after the singing of the Gospel, a Deacon or cantor, in keeping with an ancient practice of Holy Church, announces the Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts following this formula.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Feast date: Jan 04 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was the foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. She was born to Episcopalian parents into New York City high society on August 28, 1774. Her father, Dr. Richard Bayley was the first professor of anatomy at … Read more
Pope says Christian hope doesn’t depend on human calculations
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on January 4, 2026. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 4, 2026 / 10:20 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said Christian hope “is not based on optimistic forecasts or human calculations,” but on God’s decision to … Read more