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A Historic First: Pope Leo XIV Sings the Regina Caeli from the Loggia at St. Peter’s

By Robert Moynihan/Vatican News On May 11 Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican Grottoes to celebrate Holy Mass at the altar near the tomb of Saint Peter.  The Mass was concelebrated by Fr. Alejandro Moral Anton, Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine. The Pope’s brother from Chicago was also in attendance.  Pope Leo then [...]

Letter #31, 2024, Wed, Sept 18: Medjugorje

    Letter #31, 2024, Wednesday, September 18: Medjugorje     I arrived in the village of Medjugorje today.     Medjugorje is the rocky village in Bosnia-Hercegovina where it is said that six children began, in 1981, to see the Virgin Mary daily, and where three of the six are said to have continued to see her daily up to [...]

Letter #20, 2024, Tuesday, June 18: End game?

    Letter #20, 2024, Tuesday, June 18: End game?     Is the Vatican about to call for the complete end of the old Latin Mass, after three years (since the promulgation of Traditionis custodes on July 16, 2021) of increasing administrative pressure to limit the celebration of the old liturgy worldwide?     That's what a new report now [...]

Letter #6, 2024, Monday, March 4: Melloni on conclaves

    Italian historian Alberto Melloni. He has written a book on the history of papal conclaves (link). Now he is calling on Pope Francis to change the rules of the next papal conclave... in order to avoid a possible division among the cardinals, and a division in the Church after the conclave... Melloni teaches History of [...]