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Brazilian bishop resigns at 61 to focus on missionary work (CWN)
Posted on 01/9/2026 05:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Aparecido Donizeti de Souza of Cascavel, Brazil.
Influencer-pilgrim meets with Pontiff (Vatican News (Italian))
Posted on 01/9/2026 04:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The “35-year-old Spaniard told Leo XIV about his pilgrimage on foot from Palermo, carrying with him a seedling of an evergreen cypress tree, the same species used to make the cross of Christ,” according to the report.
“I told Leo XIV about what I’ve been experiencing since last April, when I began a pilgrimage with a medieval flavor,” the influencer said. ”I live day by day, trusting in the altruism of the people I meet, from whom I have never asked for money, but only water, food and hospitality.”
The influencer asked the Pope to bless the seedling, which he will eventually take to a Spanish monastery. Blessed by the Pope, he is now going to Assisi, “fasting until I reach the tomb of St. Francis.”
Extraordinary consistory of cardinals concludes with announcement of future consistories (CWN)
Posted on 01/9/2026 04:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The director of the Holy See Press Office announced at a press briefing last evening (video) that Pope Leo XIV will convoke another two-day consistory of the College of Cardinals in June.
Place your hopes, your ideas, and your lives upon the altar, Pope preaches to cardinals (CWN)
Posted on 01/9/2026 03:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Custos of the Holy Land: 'Return as pilgrims' (Vatican News)
Posted on 01/9/2026 03:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Fear is not overcome with words; it is overcome with witness,” Father Francesco Ielpo, OFM, said on January 7. “Seeing Christians from all over the world come to the Holy Land to visit the holy places generates hope and strengthens the reason for coming here—not to see a museum, but to encounter a living Church.”
In the 14th century, the Holy See entrusted the care of the holy sites in the Holy Land to the care of the Franciscan order.
Pope Leo XIV to Hold Next Consistory in June, Hopes for Annual Meetings With Cardinals
Posted on 01/9/2026 01:23 AM (The Daily Register)
Pope Leo XIV to Cardinals: ‘We Gather Not to Promote Personal or Group Agendas’
Posted on 01/9/2026 00:25 AM (The Daily Register)
‘Pray With the Pope’: Leo XIV Proposes Monthly Prayer for the Challenges of the World
Posted on 01/9/2026 00:02 AM (The Daily Register)
Jan. 9 Friday after Epiphany , Weekday
Posted on 01/9/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
‘It Just Stopped’: Catholic Camp Credits Our Lady of Champion for Protection From Wildfire in California
Posted on 01/8/2026 23:17 PM (ChurchPOP)