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In Italy’s ‘Land of Fires,’ Pope Leo XIV Laments ‘the Cry of Creation and the Poor’

Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Acerra, Italy, May 23, 2026. The Pope was visiting the so-called ‘Land of Fires’ near Naples where illegal waste dumping has created a yearslong health crisis.

The Holy Father said Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ is a framework for addressing the social and environmental crises of the region.

Why Does Jesus Vanish at Emmaus?

Henry Fuseli, “Christ Disappearing at Emmaus,” 1792, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

COMMENTARY: The Road to Emmaus helps us to recognize the Risen Lord as present in the Eucharist.

Gargoyles, Buttresses and the Art of Building Heavenward

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‘Notre Dame Gargoyles’

COMMENTARY: Notre Dame’s gargoyles, flying buttresses and open spire reveal how the great cathedrals united engineering, artistry and theology into a single vision reaching toward heaven.

Christ the Shepherd, Christ the Lamb

Hubert van Eyck, “Adoration of the Lamb” (detail), Ghent Altarpiece, ca. 1429

COMMENTARY: A good shepherd must be prepared to die for his sheep.

Eucharistic Pilgrimage Set to Kick Off in St. Augustine, Florida

Bishop Robert Brennan carries the Blessed Sacrament during a Eucharistic procession at Louis Armstrong Stadium on April 20, 2024.

The 2026 Eucharistic pilgrimage will launch in St. Augustine, Florida, where the first recorded Catholic Mass within the future continental United States was celebrated.

Father Kapaun’s Heroism: ‘Father Would Go to the Sound of the Guns’

Background: A fellow captain and chaplain Father Emil Kapaun, on the right, carry a soldier off the battlefield; Inset: Chaplain Kapaun portrait

‘The Magazine and the Miracle: Finding Father Kapaun’ documentary details the bravery and faith of the Venerable chaplain — and the return of Father Emil Kapaun’s remains to his home state of Kansas.

Pentecost: The Spirit of the Lord Filled the Earth

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The apse of the Chapel Miniscalchi in St. Anastasia's Church in Verona, Italy, from the year 1506 was designed by Angelo di Giovanni. The main scene depicts the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

Having been instructed by the Lord and commissioned by him, the Church is now anointed by the Holy Spirit to give witness to the ends of the earth of the greatness of God and his saving love.

U.S. Bishops Urge Congress to Boost Housing Funds as Homelessness Surges

"Alarming rise in homelessness" prompts U.S. Bishops to call on Congress for allocate maximum possible funding for housing programs in 2017.

“Current federal investments in housing programs do not meet the great need we see in our country,” said a joint letter by the bishops and leaders of two Catholic charitable groups.