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Imagine being a child about to walk onto a tennis court beside your sporting hero. Then imagine trying to stay calm while waiting for him to emerge from the players’ entrance. Young Sofia did not even attempt it. As Jannik Sinner appeared, the little girl immediately stretched out her hand toward him, almost beckoning him

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), will be officially presented on May 25 in the Synod Hall at the Vatican, with the Pope himself taking part in the presentation. According to the Holy See Press Office, the document will focus on “care for the human person in

A family member got diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer last week. After some initial questions about what’s going on, the prognosis, and what some of these new medical terms even mean, my very next step was finding a priest. My family member is not in his hometown, or mine, so I started with Google, and

Nestled among the vineyards of a hilly valley south of Rome in the Castelli Romani region of Italy is the small city of Velletri. With a population of about 50,000, it has fully embraced the colors of Mary every May for decades. During the first weekend of May, its historic center exudes a distinct, unmistakable

The Holy Spirit, being the third Person of the Holy Trinity, does not have a particular form or body. This means that any image we have of the Holy Spirit is mainly there to help illustrate for us the action of the Holy Spirit, and not the vessel in which the Holy Spirit dwells. For