Gameday Mass Times
GameDay Mass Times Welcome Cincinnati Reds and Tampa Bay Rays. !!! This weekend The Reds host the Rays on Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27. First pitch on Saturday is 6:40 p.m., Sunday is at 1:40 p.m. Below are Mass times downtown to enhance your Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. and …
Family gives ‘Da Pope’ Chicago Bears T-shirt to Pope Leo XIV
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jul 21, 2025 / 14:06 pm A Chicago family vacationing in Rome is making headlines after a video of their encounter with Pope Leo XIV on Sunday went viral. Marcel and Ann Muñoz, along with their three children, met the pope after Mass on July …
Tattoo shop in Times Square is a ‘ministry for the Miraculous Medal’
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jul 21, 2025 / 06:00 am In the heart of New York City, nestled among the tall buildings of Times Square, sits a small tattoo shop with two 17-inch signs of the Miraculous Medal hanging outside the front door. Inside, walls of rosaries, crucifixes, and …
When a phone call becomes a prayer
A conversation between Pope Leo XIV and astronaut Buzz Aldrin, on the 56th anniversary of 56 the Moon landing, becomes a moment of prayer. The Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication reflects on how it underscores the sacredness of each and every life and the urgent call for peace in …
Back to School Should be a Time of Joy, Not Fear
August begins the annual ritual of children dragging their parents to the shopping mall for new clothes, backpacks and sneakers, in preparation for their return to classrooms, playgrounds and athletics fields. The nervous anticipation of going “back to school” is as common to the American experience of growing up as …
Amid deportations, Catholic clergy rally for immigrants
By Kate Quiñones CNA Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 10:45 am From Detroit to California to Florida, Catholic clergy are rallying to show support and solidarity for immigrants facing deportations. While the Tennessee bishops and Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino recently granted dispensations to the Sunday Mass obligation for those who fear …
Pope Leo XIV: Summer is a time to savor prayerful moments with God
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 20, 2025 / 07:05 am Pope Leo XIV encouraged people on Sunday to embrace the summer season as a time to deepen their relationship with God through silence, reflection, and time spent with others. “Summer can be a providential time to experience the beauty and …
Catholic student wounded in Israeli strike: “Love is stronger than war”
Suhail Abo Dawood, a young Catholic student from Gaza seriously wounded in the Israeli attack on the Holy Family parish on Thursday, tells Vatican media that his condition is improving. “Love”, says the young man, who writes a column for the Holy See’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, “is stronger than war”. …
Pope appeals for end to Gaza ‘barbarity’
Speaking after the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo mourns the three Gazans killed in an attack on the Holy Family Catholic parish in Gaza city, which he says is “just one” of the “continuous” attacks on Gaza’s people and holy sites. By Joseph Tulloch Pope Leo XIV has expressed his “deep …
Brent Suter: Earth MVP
Cincinnati Reds’ pitcher, Brent Suter, drew great fanfare when he returned to his hometown after playing for the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies. Currently in his ninth year with Major League Baseball, the Moeller High School and Harvard University grad finds real joy in playing ball with a “great group …
