Daily Readings
- Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent April 2, 2025Reading 1 Isaiah 49:8-15 Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, To restore the land and allot the desolate heritages, Saying to the prisoners: Come out! To those […]USCCB
- Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent April 2, 2025
Vatican News
- ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ marks its 175th anniversary April 2, 2025The Jesuit review La Civiltà Cattolica celebrates its 175th anniversary, at a ceremony featuring Holy See Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. In a message for the occasion, the Pope praises “good journalism that listens to all voices, and embodies that docile gentleness that does good to the heart”. Read all […]
- Cardinal Parolin: ‘May Pope St John Paul II bless this wounded humanity' April 2, 2025Cardinal Pietro Parolin presides at Mass marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope St. John Paul II. During his homily, he commemorates the legacy of a pontiff who profoundly shaped the Church and the world. Read all
- Cardinal Krajewski: 20 years ago, the world stood still, knelt, and wept April 2, 2025Two decades after Pope John Paul II died, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who served as his papal ceremonialist for the last seven years of the Polish Pope’s life, recounts the spirituality of the Polish Pope. Read all
- ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ marks its 175th anniversary April 2, 2025