"Your ordinary contact with God takes place where your fellow men, your yearnings, your work and your affections are. There you have your daily encounter with Christ.” Saint Josemaría
"Your ordinary contact with God takes place where your fellow men, your yearnings, your work and your affections are. There you have your daily encounter with Christ.”
In his 18 March general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Lumen gentium” and the Church, a priestly and prophetic people.
Pope Leo invites us to pray that nations lay down their weapons, adopt diplomacy and justice, and seek true security founded on trust and solidarity among peoples.
Located in the heart of Vatican City and built by Bramante, Michelangelo and Bernini, Saint Peter's Basilica is the centre of Christianity and one of the crowning achievements of the Renaissance. The Holy See has recently held several events to commemorate the 400th anniversary of its dedication.
For the feast of St. Joseph (19 March), here is a collection of Pope Francis’ audiences on St. Joseph (2021-2022), downloadable as a free eBook.
In his 4 March general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Lumen gentium” and the Church as a visible and spiritual reality.
In his 18 February general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Lumen gentium” and the mystery of the Church, sacrament of union with God and the unity of all humanity.
In his 11 March general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Lumen gentium” and the Church as the people of God.
In a recent letter titled “Life in Abundance,” the Holy Father presents sport as a “school of life” in which we “learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together.”
Throughout two thousand years of history, the Church has preserved the apostolic succession. And among the Apostles, Christ himself made Simon the object of a special choice: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church." Peter moved to Rome and established there the seat of the primacy, of the Vicar of Christ.
