"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.”
Today, 25 May 2026, saw the publication of “Magnifica Humanitas,” on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. This article contains a downloadable ebook of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical in ePub and PDF formats, with an audiobook coming soon.
In 2026, Pentecost will be celebrated on Sunday, 24 May. The 10-day devotion to the Holy Spirit is a long-standing custom in the Church to prepare for this feast, fifty days after Easter.
The theme on Pope Leo XIV’s third apostolic journey (13 to 23 April, to four African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea) is peace. This article contains text and video excerpts from the eleven-day journey through eleven cities, with links to the full itinerary and text of each stop along the way.
Social encyclical
In his 6 May general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Lumen gentium” and the eschatological dimension of the Church.
The National Consecration Prayer will be recited in place of the Prayers of the Faithful during all Masses on Divine Mercy Sunday, 11 April 2026 evening to 12 April 2026.
On 20 May 2026, the CBCP issued a National Prayer to be recited beginning Pentecost Sunday and continuing at least through July.
Vatican News releases a 27-minute documentary looking back at the most significant moments of Pope Francis’ pontificate, a powerful testimony of mercy and closeness that the Church is still learning from today.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called on the Filipino faithful to be in solidarity with Pope Leo XIV’s prayer vigil for peace on Saturday, April 11.
