Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy celebrates National Dante Alighieri Day

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Noel Ocol

Today is Dante Alighieri Day. And Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz has shared a video about his new project to celebrate this great writer and help Italy.

The spiritual bond between two Francises:
Pope Francis and Padre Pio

Friday, May 25, 2018

Salt + Light Media

In honour of the birthday of Padre Pio, we present you with this article written by Dr. Ines Angeli Murzaku on the occasion of the pilgrimage of his major relic to Boston in 2016.

Canonizations in Rome – October, 2017

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Salt + Light Media

In Rome, in Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Francis will canonize the following: Blessed Angelo da Acri, Italian Capuchin priest (1669-1739); Blessed Faustino Miguez Gonzalez, Spanish Piarist priest, founder of the Calasanzian Institute (1831-1925); Blessed Cristobal, Blessed Antonio, Blessed Juan, Martyrs of Tlaxcala: 3 children killed for having embraced the Christian faith in Mexico, in 1527 […]

Pope Francis Visits Carpi

Monday, April 3, 2017

Noel Ocol

On Sunday April 2, 2017 the Holy Father departed by helicopter from the Vatican airport for his pastoral visit to Carpi.

Pope Francis Visits Santa Maria Josefa del Cuore di Gesu Parish

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Matteo Ciofi

Last Sunday, Pope Francis visited the parish of Santa Maria Josefa del Cuore di Gesù in Ponte di Nona, in the eastern outskirts of Rome, an area of ??town that suffers problems such as poverty and unemployment. It was his thirteenth visit to a parish in his diocese. John Paul II had also visited that […]

In Solidarity with Amatrice

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Matteo Ciofi

Last Tuesday, on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Italy, Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the areas affected by the earthquake last August. The Holy Father arrived in Amatrice, before going to Arquata, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto, explaining his visit with these words: “I thought long and hard […]

KofC Presents Marching for Life Around the World

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Salt + Light Media

In anticipation of the National March for Life to take place on Capitol Hill on Friday, January 22, 2016, despite the impending winter storm, the Knights of Columbus released a video highlighting various Marches for Life from all across the globe. See the video below for glimpses of the Pro-Life movement from the United States, […]

Homily of Pope Francis at the Mass of Canonization of 4 New Saints – May 17, 2015

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Salt + Light Media

Pope Francis canonized four women religious on Sunday, all 19th century nuns who worked in education. St. Marie-Alphonsine and St. Mary of Jesus Crucified were from the territory that made up historical Palestine; St. Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve was a French nun and foundress; and St. Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception came from Italy. Below, […]

Meet the Cardinals: Luigi De Magistris

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The day Pope Francis announced he would be making Italian Archbishop Luigi De Magistris a cardinal, the archbishop was doing what he usually did in retirement on Sundays: He was administering the sacrament of confession in the cathedral of Cagliari, his hometown. The cardinal-designate, who […]

Meet the Cardinals: Edoardo Menichelli

Friday, February 6, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Instead of accepting the letter of resignation that the archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy, submitted in October, Pope Francis named him a cardinal. Cardinal-designate Edoardo Menichelli is 75 — the age church law requires bishops to submit their resignations — but he still kicks a soccer […]