PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV Visits Paris and Lourdes on Second Day of France Trip
Pope Leo XIV visited the Maison Bakhita Center and celebrated an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde in Paris before concluding his day at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Pope Leo Prays at Lourdes Shrine
‘We pray to you, our Mother.’
Illinois Bishop Announces First-Ever Parish to Be Named After Blessed Fulton Sheen
The combined parish of St. Mary in El Paso, Illinois, and St. John in Benson, Illinois, will be the first parish in the world to be named after the new blessed.
From Foster Care to Lourdes: Young Convert Leaves Job to See Pope, Embrace Monastic Life
Among the throngs of pilgrims in Lourdes this weekend will be a 27-year-old woman who be there with a group of Cistercian nuns, hoping the visit will confirm her call to contemplative life.
Pope Leo XIV in Paris: No One ‘Is Merely a Number’
An estimated 800,000 people attended the Pontiff’s open-air Mass.
Mary Amid the Ashes: ‘Am I Not Here, I Who Am Your Mother?’
COMMENTARY: Faith does not require pretending that loss is small. It insists only that loss is not the whole story, and Mary constantly reminds us of this.
Pope Leo’s Visit to France Highlights Venerable Robert Schuman
A founding father of the European Union, the French statesman, who died in 1963, was dedicated to making war ‘not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.’
Pope Addresses ‘Surprising’ Catholic Growth in Secular France
Leo met members of a Church assembly examining a decade-long rise in Catholic baptisms.
A Head Start to Sainthood? Why Newly Blessed Fulton Sheen Could Be Canonized Quickly
Declared a ‘Blessed’ on Sept. 24, the American evangelist could be canonized a saint in as few as three years, thanks to an obscure Church rule on miracles.
Pope Leo Hears Testimony of Migrants in Paris: God Opened ‘a New Path for Me’
Leo visited a center offering support and integration to immigrants in the Archdiocese of Paris, on the second day of his Sept. 25-28 journey in France.