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  • Divine Mercy Sunday

    April 8, 2026 - 2:01pm
    On Sunday, April 12, 2026, we celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy, a feast day added to the liturgical calendar by St. John Paul II to celebrate the overwhelming mercy of Jesus Christ. In recognition of this very special day, the...
  • Wayne Eultgen and Ellie Watt

    April 6, 2026 - 9:01am
    Wayne Eultgen One of our long-time parishioners Wayne Eulgten died this past week. His Funeral will be this coming Tuesday, April 7 at 10:00 am in the Cathedra Basilica of St. Louis. Fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother...
  • Holy Week Reminder

    April 1, 2026 - 2:02pm
    Holy Thursday — April 2 Chrism Mass: 10:00 a.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:00 p.m. Tenebrae: Following Mass (approximately 9:00 p.m.) Basilica closes at midnight (All Holy Thursday Masses will be livestreamed) Good Friday...
  • Palm Sunday

    March 27, 2026 - 2:01pm
    Dear Parishioners, On Palm Sunday, we go up the mountain with Jesus towards the Temple, accompanying Him on His ascent.  The procession which normally takes place before the Mass is meant, then, to be an image of something...
  • Stations of the Cross change in Time

    March 27, 2026 - 9:41am
    Please note that the Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 27 will take place at 6:00 PM instead of 7:00 PM due to the Cathedral Concert  later this evening. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to praying...
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First Things

  • Ralph Lauren, American Patriot

    January 21, 2025 - 5:00am

    On 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.  

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  • Begging Your Pardon

    January 20, 2025 - 5:00am

    Who 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?

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  • To Hell With Notre Dame?

    January 20, 2025 - 5:00am

    I 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.

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  • The Mercurial Bob Dylan

    January 17, 2025 - 5:00am

    There’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. 

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  • The Theology of Music

    January 17, 2025 - 5:00am

    É 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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Vatican Daily Bulletin

  • Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea - Statistics

    April 9, 2026 - 8:49am
    Statistics of the Catholic Church in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024 (from the Central Office of Church Statistics)

    Table 1 – Population and ecclesiastic structure in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

    Table 2 - People engaged in activities of the apostolate in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

    Table 3 - Indicators of pastoral workload in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

    Table 4 – Priestly vocations in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

    Table 5 - Educational centres owned / managed by ecclesiastics or religious in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

    Table 6 - Charitable and social centres owned / managed by ecclesiastics or religious in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

     

    The following are some statistical data regarding the situation of the Catholic Church in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024:

    Table 1 – Population and ecclesiastic structure in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

     

     

    Algeria

    Cameroon

    Angola

    Equatorial Guinea

    Area (km²)

    2,381,741

    475,442

    1,246,700

    28,051

    Population

    (in thousands)

    46,794

    28,759

    35,122

    1,669

    Density (inhabitants/Km 2 )

    20

    60

    28

    59

    Catholics (in thousands)

    9

    8,303

    20,310

    1,248

    Catholics per 100 inhabitants

    0.02

    28.87

    57.83

    74.78

    Ecclesiastical circumscriptions

    4

    26

    20

    5

    Parishes

    29

    1,426

    519

    99

    Other pastoral centres

    5

    3,019

    1,483

    568

    Catholics per pastoral centre

    257

    1,868

    10,145

    1,871

     

    Table 2 - People engaged in activities of the apostolate in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

     

    Algeria

    Cameroon

    Angola

    Equatorial Guinea

     

    Bishops¹

    9

    35

    27

    6

    Diocesan priests

    12

    2,388

    1,007

    172

    Religious priests

    48

    912

    504

    93

    Priests in total

    60

    3,300

    1,511

    265

    Permanent deacons

    1

    21

    18

    3

    Men religious (other than professed priests)

    18

    260

    340

    28

    Professed women religious

    105

    3,331

    2,460

    169

    Members of Secular Institutes

    -

    33

    8

    1

    Lay missionaries

    20

    108

    43

    19

    Catechists

    6

    26,328

    56,559

    790

    ______________________

      ¹ Situation as of 28.02.2026

     

    Table 3 - Indicators of pastoral workload in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

     

     

    Algeria

    Cameroon

    Angola

    Equatorial Guinea

     

    Catholics per priest                                                   

    146

    2.516

    13,441

    4,709

    Catholics per pastoral worker

    41

    248

    333

    974

    Priests per pastoral centre

    1.76

    0.74

    0.76

    0.40

    Priests per 100 people engaged in activities of the apostolate                                                         

    30.9

    10.0

    2.5

    21.2

     

    Table 4 – Priestly vocations in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024  

    Algeria

    Cameroon

    Angola

    Equatorial Guinea

    Minor seminarians

    -

    1,831

    1,598

    52

    Major seminarians

    4

    2,218

    2,366

    105

    Major seminarians per 100,000 inhabitants

    0.01

    7.71

    6.74

    6.29

    Major seminarians per 100,000 Catholics

    45.77

    26.71

    11.65

    8.41

    Major seminarians per 100 priests

    6.67

    67.21

    156.59

    39.62

     

    Table 5 - Educational centres owned / managed by ecclesiastics or religious in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

     

    Algeria

    Cameroon

    Angola

    Equatorial Guinea

    Schools:

     

     

     

     

    -       Pre-school and primary

    3

    1,668

    389

    86

    -       Middle and secondary

    2

    276

    131

    31

    -       Higher education and universities

    9

    34

    10

    3

    Students of:

     

     

     

     

    -       Pre-school and primary

    230

    299,586

    321,122

    17,617

    -       Middle and secondary

    100

    127,871

    121,218

    8,129

    -       Higher education and universities

    2,617

    15,842

    24,233

    112

     

    Table 6 - Charitable and social centres owned / managed by ecclesiastics or religious in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea as of 31 December 2024

     

    Algeria

    Cameroon

    Angola

    Equatorial Guinea

     

    Hospitals

    -

    59

    48

    -

    Clinics

    1

    279

    76

    9

    Leper colonies

    -

    7

    7

    1

    Homes for the elderly and disabled

    2

    12

    12

    3

    Orphanages and nurseries

    5

    42

    112

    6

    Family consultation centres

    1

    21

    5

    -

    Special social education or rehabilitation centres

    -

    30

    5

    1

    Other institutions

    9

    138

    70

    15

  • Resignations and Appointments

    April 9, 2026 - 5:17am
    Resignation and appointment of apostolic nuncio in Germany

    Resignation of bishop of Nicopolis, Bulgaria, and appointment of apostolic administrator  sede vacante

    Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Communication

     

    Resignation and appointment of apostolic nuncio in Germany

    The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of apostolic nuncio in Germany, upon reaching the age limit, presented by Archbishop Nikola Eterović, and has appointed Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, titular of Novaliciana, until now apostolic nuncio in Kenya, as apostolic nuncio in Germany.

     

    Resignation of bishop of Nicopolis, Bulgaria, and appointment of apostolic administrator  sede vacante

    The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nicopolis, Bulgaria, presented by Bishop Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov, and has appointed Bishop Rumen Ivanov Stanev of Sofia and Plovdiv as apostolic administrator  sede vacante  of the same circumscription.

     

    Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Communication

    The Holy Father has appointed the following as members of the Dicastery for Communication: Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches; Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, president of the Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar ; Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., archbishop of Rabat, Morocco; Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, archbishop of Goa and Damão, India, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences ; Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World; Archbishop Ryan Jimenez P. of Agaña, Guam; Bishop Bernardin Francis Mfumbasa of Kondoa, Tanzania, president of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Communications ; Bishop Marcelino Antonio M. Maralit of San Pablo, Philippines, president of the Office of Social Communications of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences ; Bishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A., auxiliary bishop and vicar general of Cuzco, Peru, secretary general of the Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño ; the Reverend Father Roberto Pasolini, O.F.M. Cap., preacher of the Papal Household; and the distinguished Dr. Helen Osman, president of SIGNIS.

  • Notice of Briefing

    April 9, 2026 - 5:13am
    Today ,  Thursday 9 April 2026 , at  13.00 , at the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, the Director Matteo Bruni will give a  briefing to present the programme of the Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea , from 13 to 23 April 2026.

    Remote participation

    Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Briefing 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:  Briefing Viaggio Apostolico Algeria, Camerun, Angola e Guinea Equatoriale .

    During the request phase, please 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 and participate actively in the Briefing, with the possibility to ask questions.l

    Participation in person

    Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Briefing 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:  Briefing Viaggio Apostolico Algeria, Camerun, Angola e Guinea Equatoriale .

    Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system.

    * * *

    Journalists and media operators accredited for the Briefing are advised to arrive 30 minutes before the start time.

  • Audiences

    April 9, 2026 - 5:09am
    This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

    - Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, titular of Sepino, apostolic nuncio in the United States of America;

    - Dr. Federico Antellini Russo, director of the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority;

    - Mr. Carlo De Benedetti, national coordinator of the Cursillos de Cristiandad in Italy;

    - Ms. Chiara Amirante, founder of the Nuovi Orizzonti (New Horizons) Foundation;

    - Athletes of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games;

    - Mr. David M. Axelrod, and entourage.

  • Press Release of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development: Title of the Message for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

    April 9, 2026 - 5:09am
    Title of the Message for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

    “Even just one of these children”

    His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has chosen “Even just one of these children” as the title for his message for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, making clear reference to the Gospel according to Matthew: “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me” ( Mt  18:5). With this choice, the Holy Father intends to express the Church’s concern for minors directly involved in migration, recalling the duty to welcome each one of them as the Gospel teaches us.

    This is not the first time that the Popes have spoken authoritatively on this issue, but the current migration situation presents new challenges that seriously threaten the rights and dignity of the youngest among us and require urgent and effective responses. Therefore, this is not a matter of discussing numbers or percentages, because “even just one” has the highest value.

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