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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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 12, 2025 / 06:52 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV urged concrete acts of charity and solidarity in a world marked by conflict as he met … Read more
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, 2025 / 09:11 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV warned that intelligence agencies in some countries work against the Catholic Church, “oppressing its freedom” by using … Read more
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 Media. Vatican City, Dec 10, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Vatican this week launched the first-ever digital version of its annual directory, creating an … Read more
Pope Leo XIV criticizes transhumanism: ‘Death is not opposed to life’
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square during a Jubilee audience on Nov. 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. Vatican City, Dec 10, 2025 / 11:21 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday rejected technological promises to indefinitely prolong human existence — such as those proposed by “transhumanism”— and said the resurrection of … Read more
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 Church celebrates during the holy time of Advent; and if the first part of the cycle had to offer us the commemoration of some one … Read more
On solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, pope encourages renewing our ‘yes’ to God
Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus prayer on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer Dec. 8 from the window of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican on the occasion of … Read more
You heard of the popemobile, now meet the papal lawn mower
Pope Leo XIV receives an electric lawn mower from Czech manufacturer Swardman during a general audience in mid-November 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Swardman Rome Newsroom, Dec 7, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Vatican’s gardeners have a new tool for maintaining the papal grounds: a custom-designed electric lawn mower bearing the Holy See’s … Read more