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Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem cancelled due to war
March 23, 2026 - 8:43amThe Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem cancels this year’s Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem, due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Pope Leo XIV: Planes should bring peace, not war and destruction
March 23, 2026 - 6:30amPope Leo XIV thanks the Italian national airline ITA Airways for carrying the Pope on his Apostolic Journeys, and laments the use of aircraft as carriers of death and destruction in theaters of war.
Public veneration of St. Francis of Assisi’s relics ends
March 23, 2026 - 6:10amAfter welcoming more than 370,000 visitors since its opening on February 22, the public veneration of St. Francis of Assisi’s mortal remains came to a close on March 22.
Pope Leo advances six causes for sainthood
March 23, 2026 - 6:06amPope Leo XIV advances several individuals toward sainthood, including an Italian who was a father of a family and another who offered his life for the faith, as well as a Spanish religious who served the Church throughout the 20th century.
Korean Carmelite monastery closes in Cambodia after 21 years amid vocation decline
March 23, 2026 - 3:01amAfter more than two decades of contemplative presence, a Carmelite monastery established by Korean sisters in Phnom Penh formally closed on March 19, with Church leaders citing the absence of new vocations among young Cambodian women.
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Weekly Update
March 21, 2026 - 7:58amSchedule for March 21-22 Saturday, March 21 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass 10:00 am Confirmation 1:30 pm Wedding 3:30 - 4:15 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer and Benediction...Feast of Saint Joseph
March 18, 2026 - 4:18pmThe Tradition of St. Joseph’s Bread According to legend, there was a famine in Sicily many centuries ago. The villagers prayed to St. Joseph, foster-father of the Infant Savior, and asked his intercession before the throne of...Bible Study
March 15, 2026 - 3:50pmSignup: Lenten Bible Study: Lazarus and Preparing for Easter Join us at the Cathedral Basilica for an evening of prayer and reflection with Brother Benedict Gregory Johnson, OP , a Dominican friar. Brother Benedict will be...Bilble Study
March 12, 2026 - 2:01pmSignup: Lenten Bible Study: Lazarus and Preparing for Easter Join us at the Cathedral Basilica for an evening of prayer and reflection with Brother Benedict Gregory Johnson, OP , a Dominican friar. Brother Benedict will be...Weekly Update
March 6, 2026 - 3:25pmSchedule for March 7-8 Saturday, March 7 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass 1:00 pm Archbishop's Lenten Afternoon of Reflection 3:30 - 4:15 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer and...
National Catholic Register
Bishop Barron Slams Carrie Prejean for ‘Absurd’ Claims On Removal From Religious Liberty Commission
March 23, 2026 - 7:43am
Mandel Ngan/AFP
Bishop Robert Barron speaks alongside President Donald Trump (right) during a National Day of Prayer event on May 1, 2025, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C.
Carrie Prejean Boller had been removed from the commission after critics said she ‘hijacked’ a hearing while criticizing ‘Zionism.’
Outspoken Pro-Life Christian, Cultural Icon Chuck Norris Dies at 86
March 23, 2026 - 7:00am
Department of Defense/Sergeant Alicia J. Brito
Actor Chuck Norris (left) visits the United Service Organizations (USO) Camp Taqaddum in the Al Anbar province of Iraq in November 2006.
Norris, who starred in more than 38 movies and a long-running television show, emphasized the importance of faith in Christ and the power of prayer.
Israeli Authorities Blocking Humanitarian Aid to Gaza and West Bank, Charity Organization Says
March 23, 2026 - 6:33am
The Holy Orthodox Order of St. George the Great Martyr
St. Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza City on Jan. 5, 2024. |
Israeli authorities reportedly block Gaza aid, an England bishop takes charge of three dioceses, Syria gets an apostolic nuncio, and more in this week’s roundup of world news in the Church.
‘Thirst of Their Souls’ Is Awakening a New Generation of Catechumens in France, Priest Says
March 23, 2026 - 6:23am
Illian Callé
European scouts on pilgrimage to France to 'rebuild the kingdom of God with their own hands.'
Young people in France are tired of the 'superficiality' of the world and are looking for serious answers, which they are finding in the Catholic Church, according to Father Gian Strapazzon.
Church Leaders in India Slam Government’s Dismissal of Religious Freedom Report
March 22, 2026 - 8:45am
Haaris Bin Akram
Candlelight vigil.
India’s government has rejected the findings in the 2026 report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) amid increasing atrocities against minority Christians.
First Things
Ralph Lauren, American Patriot
January 21, 2025 - 5:00amOn January 4 , President Joe Biden honored nineteen individuals with the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. While one could argue that some were less deserving of the award than others, I believe that one honoree deserved it without question: Ralph Lauren, a living embodiment of the American dream who in turn made America his muse. His designs pay homage to the cowboy, the soldier, the Ivy Leaguer. For Lauren, no aspect of the American character isn’t worth celebrating—a welcome contrast to the self-loathing that usually pervades the upper echelons of society.
Begging Your Pardon
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amWho attempts to overthrow a government without weapons? Why would the alleged leader of an insurrection authorize military force to protect the government, and why would the alleged insurrection victims countermand that authorization? How do people who listen to speeches about democratic procedures and election integrity in one location transform into enemies of the Constitution after walking a mile and a half to the east? Who believes that interrupting a vote would overturn a government? If there was an attempted insurrection, why would a notoriously creative and aggressive prosecutor fail to find any basis for filing insurrection charges?
To Hell With Notre Dame?
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amI first visited the University of Notre Dame du Lac (to use its proper inflated style) in 2017 as a guest of some friends in the law school. By then I had already hated the place for more or less my entire life. For me, Notre Dame was synonymous with the Roman Catholic Church as I had known her in childhood: dated folk art aesthetics (has anyone ever written about how ugly the buildings are?), the Breaking Bread missalette, the so-called “Celtic” Alleluia, the thought (though not the actual writings) of Fr. Richard McBrien, jolly fat Knights of Columbus in their blue satin jackets, avuncular permanent deacons named Tom, Pat, or, occasionally, Dave. At the age of twenty-seven, I expected to find preserved something of the religious atmosphere of the middle years of John Paul II’s papacy: the quiet half-acknowledged sense of desperation, the all-pervading horror of unbelief that could never be allowed formally to take shape among the grandchildren of European immigrants who had done well for themselves in the professions—perhaps too well.
The Mercurial Bob Dylan
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amThere’s a version of Bob Dylan for everyone: small-town boy from Duluth, Minnesota; scrappy folk troubadour of Greenwich Village; electric rock poet who defied expectations at Newport; introspective born-again Christian; Nobel Laureate. As any journalist who has interviewed him will attest, Dylan is an enigma. Capturing the whole man is harder than making a bead of mercury sit still in one’s palm.
The Theology of Music
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amÉ lisabeth-Paule Labat (1897–1975) was an accomplished pianist and composer when she entered the abbey of Saint-Michel de Kergonan in her early twenties. She devoted her later years to writing theology and an “Essay on the Mystery of Music,” published a decade ago as The Song That I Am , translated by Erik Varden . It’s a brilliant and beautiful essay, but what sets it apart from most explorations of music is its deeply theological character.
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Audience with the Management and Staff of ITA Airways
March 23, 2026 - 8:17amThis morning, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience the management and staff of ITA Airways, to whom he delivered the following address:
Address of the Holy Father
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Peace be with you!
Good morning everyone, and welcome!
I am pleased to welcome you, representatives of ITA Airways, together with a delegation from the Lufthansa Group.
The history of the apostolic journeys of the Popes by air, starting with Saint Paul VI, is linked in a special way to the Italian national flag carrier, first Alitalia and now ITA Airways. And I too, God willing, will have the opportunity to avail myself of your services, in twenty days’ time, for the journey to Africa.
My Predecessors and the collaborators who accompanied them on their international journeys found in the personnel of Alitalia and ITA not only qualified and experienced professionals, but also people capable of creating a serene, I would say almost family-like, atmosphere, where respect goes hand in hand with devotion. Meeting you gives me the chance to express my personal appreciation and gratitude, and that of the Holy See, for this precious service. I also trust that, in the spirit of this long-standing and cordial collaboration, the welcome extended to the Holy Father, his entourage and the journalists travelling with him will continue to reflect that special care and kindness which the times in which we live make ever more necessary.
The papal flights are one of the most eloquent symbols of the mission of the Successors of Peter in the contemporary age. In a particular way, in his Apostolic Journeys, the Pope appears to everyone as a messenger of peace: his routes are what they should always be, namely bridges of dialogue, of encounter, and of brotherhood. Aircraft should always be vehicles of peace, never of war! No one should fear that threats of death and destruction will come from the sky. After the tragic experiences of the twentieth century, aerial bombardment should have been banished forever! Instead, as we know, it still exists, and technological development, which is positive in itself, is being put at the service of war. This is not progress, it is regression!
Dear friends, in this context, it becomes even more important to chart courses of peace in the skies, and I thank you because, in the mission the Lord has entrusted to me, I know I can count on you.
I wish every success for the journey of ITA Airways and the Lufthansa Group, and I invoke the Lord’s blessing upon you and your families. Thank you.Notice of Press Conference
March 23, 2026 - 6:06amTomorrow, Tuesday 24 March 2026 , at 11.30 , a press conference will be held at the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, to present the updated version of the document of the Pontifical Academy for Life “The Prospect of Xenotransplantation: Scientific Aspects and Ethical Considerations” .
The speakers will be:
- Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro , president of the Pontifical Academy for Life;
- Professor Daniel J. Hurst , PhD, ThM, MDiv, Msc (xenotransplantologist, ethicist), Department of Medical Education and Scholarship Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine – Stratford, United States of America;
- Dr. Monica Consolandi , researcher, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento;
- Professor Emanuele Cozzi , MD, PhD, lecturer in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Public Health, head of the Department of Transplant Immunology of Padua University Hospital.
The press conference will be livestreamed in the original language on the Vatican News YouTube channel, at https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews .
Remote participation
Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the press conference remotely must apply, no later than two hours before the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event: CS Presentazione Documento Pontificia Accademia per la Vita - Xenotrapianti.
During the request phase, select the option “Sì”, in the box “Partecipazione da remoto”.
Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system and, at the same time, the link to access the virtual platform in order to participate actively in the press conference, with the possibility to ask questions.
Participation in person
Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the press conference in person must apply, no later than 24 hours before the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event: CS Presentazione Documento Pontificia Accademia per la Vita - Xenotrapianti.
Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system.
Simultaneous translation
It is possible to access the simultaneous translation channels in order to listen to the press conference in Italian and English , both by connecting to the respective Vatican News linguistic channels and by using the virtual participation platform indicated in the paragraph “Remote participation”.
Simultaneous translation is also available to those present in the Holy See Press Office.
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Journalists and media operators accredited for the press conference are advised to arrive 30 minutes before the start time.Decrees of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
March 23, 2026 - 6:04amDuring the audience granted to His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the same Dicastery to promulgate the following decrees regarding:
- the offer of life of the Servant of God Ludovico Altieri, Bishop of Albano, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, born on 17 July 1805 in Rome, Italy, and died on 11 August 1867 in Albano Laziale, Italy;
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Edward Joseph Flanagan, diocesan priest, founder of “Boys Town”, born on 13 July 1886 in Ballymoe, Ireland, and died on 15 May 1948 in Berlin, Germany;
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Henri Caffarel, diocesan priest, founder of the “Equipes Notre Dame” Association and the “Fraternité Notre-Dame de la Résurrection”, born on 30 July 1902 in Lyon, France, and died on 18 September 1996 in Beauvais, France;
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Stanislava Samulowska (née Barbara), professed religious sister of the Society of the Daughters of Saint Vincent de Paul, born on 30 January 1865 in Woryty (present-day Poland) and died on 6 December 1950 in Guatemala City, Guatemala;
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God María Dolores Romero Algarín (née María Dolores), professed religious sister of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Divine Heart, born on 7 October 1916 in Seville, Spain, and died on 12 November 1977 in Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain;
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Giuseppe Castagnetti, lay faithful and father, born on 15 March 1909 in Montebaranzone, Italy, and died there on 22 June 1975.Resignations and Appointments
March 23, 2026 - 6:04amAppointment of member of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Commission for Latin America, as member of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts.Audiences
March 23, 2026 - 6:04amThis morning, the Holy Father received in audience:
- His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints;
- Msgr. José Luis Díaz-Mariblanca Sánchez, chargé d’affaires in the Holy See Study Mission in Hong Kong;
- A delegation from “The World Holocaust Remembrance Museum-Yad Vashem”;
- Archbishop James Francis Checchio, metropolitan of New Orleans, United States of America;
- Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez, metropolitan of Philadelphia of the Latins, United States of America;
- Management and staff of ITA Airways.