Pope Leo XIV entrusts pontificate to the Virgin of Guadalupe
Pope Leo XIV honors Our Lady of Guadalupe during the Mass on her feast day, Dec. 12, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican […]
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III Day within the Octave of the Immaculate Conception
“…that it should be kept with an Octave throughout the whole Church.”
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Dec. 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (USA), Feast
In the USA the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, elsewhere it is an Optional Memorial. Our Lady appeared to an Indian convert named Juan Diego on […]
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Pope warns about risks to Church when intelligence agencies ‘act for nefarious purposes’
Pope Leo XIV speaks to people who work in Italy’s intelligence sector in the Vatican’s Hall of Blessings on Dec. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 12, […]
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Pope Leo XIV, in meeting with award committee, calls for concrete acts of charity
Pope Leo XIV meets with the committee that chooses recipients of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, at the Vatican on December 11, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec […]
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Dec. 11 Thursday of the Second Week of Advent; Opt Mem of St. Damasus I, Pope, Opt. Mem.
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Damasus I (306-384), who was Supreme Pontiff from 366 to 384. He was a very learned man, well versed in the Scriptures. […]
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Dec. 10 Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Loreto, Weekday
In 2019 Pope Francis added the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Loreto to the Universal Roman Calendar. The title Our Lady of Loreto refers to the Holy House of […]
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Pontifical Yearbook goes digital: What is it and what does it contain?
Pope Leo XIV uses a tablet to navigate the website of the new digital version of the Vatican’s Pontifical Yearbook, known as the “Annuario Pontificio” in Italian. / Credit: Vatican […]
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Forgotten Customs of the Immaculate Conception
Above: the traditional Baile de los Seises in Spain for the Immaculate Conception. The feast of the Blessed Virgin’s Immaculate Conception is the most solemn of all those which the […]