St. Alonso Rodriguez Feast date: Oct 30 On October 30, the Catholic Church honors a man whose humble occupation gave the world only glimpses of his extraordinary holiness. During his lifetime, Brother Alonso Rodriguez never became a priest, published a book, or advanced professionally. But writings discovered after his death revealed a true mystic, who … Read more
Mar Awa III presents a Chicago Cubs jersey to Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 27, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 29, 2025 / 16:29 pm (CNA). His Holiness Mar Awa III, Catholicos-patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, traveled to Rome this week to participate in a ceremony commemorating the … Read more
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 30, 2025 / 09:14 am (CNA). The Vatican’s doctrine office announced Thursday it will release … Read more
🙏 All Saints’ Day Prayer Almighty and ever-living God,We thank You for the glorious company of all the Saints—those known and unknown—who have gone before us in faith and now dwell in Your eternal light.Grant that we may follow their example of love, humility, and perseverance,walking steadfastly in the path of holiness.Through their intercession, strengthen … Read more
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez met with Pope Leo this month, to update the pope on the progress of a working group on the criminalization of spiritual abuse.
The Roman Martyrology (2004) commemorates today St. Narcissus of Jerusalem (99-215) who was consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem about the year 180. He was already an old man, and God attested his merits by many miracles. The holy bishop had many false accusations against him, but the truth prevailed. He decided to use this as an … Read more
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
Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly general audience on Oct. 29, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 29, 2025 / 08:55 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday strongly condemned antisemitism during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the … Read more
Approximately 300 representatives of world religions and cultures joined the Holy Father for an evening ecumenical prayer service for peace, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, on Oct. 28, 2025, at the Colosseum in Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 29, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV joined faith leaders on … Read more
Petition Prayer of Protection to Our Lady of Perpetual Help O Blessed Mother of Perpetual Help,you whose loving gaze never turns away from your children,I come before you with a humble heart,seeking your powerful intercession and maternal protection. Cover me, O Mother, with your mantle of mercy;shield me from all harm, danger, and evil snares.Dispel … Read more