Faith and Spirituality

The Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Within a month of the feast of the Visitation (May 31), when we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary’s visit to her kinswoman Elizabeth who was pregnant with John the Baptist, we have a Solemnity celebrating his birth. He is one of only three people whose births are celebrated with a feast day. Why is that? […]

Watch Pope Leo XIV on Relevant Radio+ tomorrow morning!

June 21, 2025June 20, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Watch a very special Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi from Rome with Pope Leo XIV in the Churchyard of the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Tune in tomorrow, Sunday, June 22, at 10am CT for the LIVE broadcast of the Mass, followed by a Eucharistic Procession to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. […]

Pope Leo’s Challenge to Married Couples

June 20, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Family and Kids

John Morales and guest Theresa Civantos Barber explored a bold and beautiful message from Pope Leo XIV for married couples, one that feels like a challenge, but perhaps one that could save the world. The Pope reminded couples that marriage isn’t just an ideal to strive toward, but a living, breathing witness that love is […]

Pope Leo XIV on the Ethical Framework Needed for the Governance of AI

June 20, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, News and Culture

On June 19th, Pope Leo XIV delivered a message to the participants in the Second Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Corporate Governance. The topic of artificial intelligence appears to weigh heavily on the mind of the Holy Father, as he also addressed the issues surrounding this new technology in his first address to […]

Encountering the Vicar of Christ | Reflections from Rome 2025

June 19, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, News and Culture

NOTE: This article was originally written by Max Rettler of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and published on The Rome Experience on June 12, 2025. When we woke up on June 11, we knew we had special seats for the papal audience, but as Fr. Eric Sternberg showed our ticket to the Italian police, Swiss guards, […]

Corpus Christi: Celebrating the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

June 19, 2025July 8, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, Faith and Spirituality

In the 13th Century a Norbertine nun named Juliana had a recurring dream in which a full moon appeared with a dark line on it. In time Jesus explained to her that the moon represented the Church with its liturgical calendar and the line represented a feast that was missing in the Church’s annual celebrations. […]

FROM ROME: Pope Leo on Miracle at Bethesda

June 18, 2025July 1, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, Faith and Spirituality, Relevant In Rome

On Wednesday, June 18th, Pope Leo XIV delivered a stirring general audience that centered on the Gospel account of Jesus healing the paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda, as found in John’s Gospel, Chapter 5. John Morales and Rome correspondent Ashley Noronha explored the pope’s message in depth, unpacking its powerful implications for a weary […]

Pope Leo XIV’s Simple Message to the World: “God Loves You”

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, News and Culture, The Patrick Madrid Show

Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, was more than just the site of a baseball game this past weekend. Saturday, June 14th, it became a sacred space for a message of hope. During a special event honoring his South Side roots, Pope Leo XIV spoke via video from the Vatican, delivering a brief […]

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

June 15, 2025June 6, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Today we are celebrating a great mystery—the Most Holy Trinity. God is one and God is three. Tradition has it that St. Patrick tried to explain this mystery to people by showing them a shamrock, also known as a three-leaf clover. There they could see one clover that was also three. However, such attempts to […]

Having the Trust of a Blind Man

June 11, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Relevant In Rome

In his Wednesday general audience this morning, Pope Leo XIV offered a powerful meditation on the story of Bartimaeus, the blind man who cried out to Jesus in desperation—and faith. Bartimaeus, whose name means “son of honor” or “admiration,” had been reduced to begging on the streets. Yet, instead of giving in to despair, he […]

The Feast of Pentecost

June 8, 2025June 6, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Pentecost is a Greek word that refers to the fiftieth day. It was a festival that God told the Jewish People to celebrate fifty days after Passover when the first fruits of grain were harvested (Exodus 23: 16). Christians celebrate a new Pentecost fifty days after the new Passover, Jesus’s Resurrection. We have completed fifty […]

Why did the Pope choose the name “Leo”?

June 4, 2025 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, Father Simon Says

Fr. Richard Simon broke down one of the first big questions people asked after the conclave: Why did our new Holy Father choose the name “Leo XIV”? Fr. Simon believes the choice wasn’t just about sounding fresh, but it was also a savvy, unifying move. Choosing a name like John Paul III or Francis II […]

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