Faith and Spirituality

My meeting with Pope Leo XIV

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, News and Culture

This article was originally published here. Reprinted with permission from AngelusNews.com. Last week, I was in Rome and I had the privilege to meet with our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. I’ve been blessed to know and work with the previous three popes: St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis. To be in […]

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

August 15, 2025August 14, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

In the Nicene Creed which we recite today, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holyday of Obligation, we end with the words, “I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.” Christians have been saying those words for seventeen centuries and […]

The Holy Father Prompts Us to Look Inward: “Surely, it is not I, Lord.”

August 13, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Relevant In Rome

On the August 13 edition of Morning Air, Ashley Noronha joined John Morales to reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s general audience from earlier that day. Because of the intense summer heat in Rome, the audience was moved indoors. The Holy Father’s catechesis focused on a passage from Mark 14 recounting the Last Supper. In this […]

Not Your Average Shepherd

August 11, 2025August 7, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, The Drew Mariani Show

The Archbishop Metropolitan of Vilnius, Gintaras Grušas wears a lot of hats. The 61-year-old prelate, in addition to being the ordinary of Vilnius, is also the bishop for the military, the President of the Bishop’s conference in Lithuania, and the President of the Council of European Bishop’s Conferences. “When I’m flying, I sleep,” he told […]

Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly Reflects on Pope Leo, Masculinity, and the Future of the Church

August 7, 2025August 7, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Family and Kids

At the 143rd Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, Drew Mariani welcomed Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly to reflect on a year filled with both challenge and providence. From his meeting with Pope Leo to the Knights’ efforts to restore Catholic manhood, Kelly offered a vision marked by clarity, conviction, and deep hope for the […]

The Holy Father Reminds Us that the Lord has Already Prepared Room in Our Hearts

August 6, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Relevant In Rome

At today’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square, August 6, 2025, Pope Leo XIV delivered a catechesis on the Gospel of Mark 14:12-15. In this passage, the apostles ask Jesus where they should prepare the Passover meal. The Lord responds not only with instruction, but with a revelation: the room has already been prepared. Pope […]

The Feast of the Transfiguration

August 6, 2025August 5, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, Faith and Spirituality

The Church celebrates many feasts that recall important events in the life of Jesus. We have His birth, His Presentation in the Temple, His Baptism in the Jordan River, the Last Supper, and His Crucifixion and Resurection. But there is only one event between His Baptism and the Last Supper that we celebrate with a […]

A Million Young Pilgrims Join Pope Leo XIV at Prayer Vigil During Jubilee of Youth

August 5, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, News and Culture

At the Jubilee of Youth prayer vigil in Tor Vergata, Pope Leo XIV led around a million young pilgrims in an evening of worship, reflection, and dialogue. The centerpiece of the night was a moving Q&A session, where the Holy Father answered heartfelt questions from three young people about friendship, discerning life’s path, and encountering […]

FROM ROME: Pope Leo XIV Urges the World to Use Words to Heal, Not Hurt

July 31, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Relevant In Rome

On Wednesday, July 30, Pope Leo XIV held his first general audience since returning to Rome from Castel Gandolfo. Ashley Noronha joined John Morales on Morning Air to reflect on the occasion. During his catechesis, the Holy Father spoke about the power of words, emphasizing that communication should bring healing—not harm. We are living in […]

BREAKING: St. John Henry Newman to be named the newest Doctor of the Church

July 31, 2025August 1, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, News and Culture

The Holy See Press Office announced on July 31 that Pope Leo XIV, after meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, has formally approved the unanimous opinion of the cardinals and bishops of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. Soon, the English cardinal will join the ranks of those honored for their theological and spiritual contributions […]

Summer is for Hospitality, Rest, and Reflection says Pope Leo XIV

July 23, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Relevant In Rome

Ashley Noronha joined John Morales on Morning Air to reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s most recent Angelus address from Sunday, July 20th, delivered from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. Nestled in the Alban Hills, Castel Gandolfo offers a cooler climate, sometimes up to ten degrees cooler than Rome’s heat, which makes it an ideal […]

How Does Your Morning Offering Help the Pope?

July 18, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Morning Air

In this Morning Air episode, John Morales was joined by Fr. James Kubicki, SJ, to unpack the power behind praying for the Pope’s intentions, a practice that is far more global, Eucharistic, and transformative than many realize. Their conversation centers around the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the largest spiritual movement of its kind, stretching across […]

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