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Pope Francis · GazaPope Leo XIV gives his blessing after the recitation of the Angelus at the end of Mass closing the Jubilee of Youth in Rome’s Tor Vergata neighborhood Aug. 3, 2025. The icon of “Salus Populi Romani” is displayed near the altar. (Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez) by Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In a message of solidarity and peace, Pope Leo XIV said the Catholic Church stands with young people suffering in war-torn areas, including Gaza and Ukr…See the Story
Pope Leo Stands With Youth in Gaza, Ukraine, Calls for Dialogue, Not War
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Catholic ChurchON August 14, 1941, the eve of the solemnity of the Assumption, in Block 11 of the Auschwitz concentration camp, a man who had the number 16670 sewn onto his prison uniform was killed by an injection of carbolic acid. His name was Fr Maximilian Kolbe. He was a Conventual Franciscan friar and would later […] The post St Maximilian Kolbe’s life was a seamless thread of love for Jesus and Mary, work and self-sacrifice appeared first on The Catholi…See the Story
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United States · United StatesMany Catholics know Jesus ascended into Heaven, but why do we say Mary was assumed? The difference matters!August 15 is the great feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, a holy day of obligation for Catholics.Despite how it sounds, the feast is not about “assuming” Mary is in Heaven — it celebrates the Catholic Church's dogma that, at the end of her earthly life, she was taken up body and soul into Heaven.Munificentissimus Deus (Defining th…Read Article