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Pray with the Pope Reflection – November 2025
Fr. Edmund Lo, SJ
November 6, 2025
For this month of November, our Holy Father asks us to pray for the prevention of suicide, that those who are struggling with suicidal thoughts might find the support, care and love they need in their community. ...read more
On October 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV canonized seven exceptional witnesses of the Christian faith: Ignazio Choukrallah Maloyan, Peter To Rot, Vincenza Maria Poloni, Maria del Monte Carmelo Rendiles Martínez, Maria Troncatti, José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, and Bartolo Longo. ...read more
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Pray with the Pope Reflection – October 2025
Fr. Edmund Lo, SJ
October 6, 2025
In this month of October, the Holy Father invites us to pray for collaboration between different religious traditions, that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice, and human fraternity. ...read more
In 1915, Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan gave his life rather than renounce his faith during the Armenian genocide. ...read more
Devotion to Mary through the rosary has long inspired the residents of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, a neighborhood of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She even miraculously helped build the shrine that bears her name! ...read more
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Pray with the Pope Reflection – September 2025
Fr. Edmund Lo, SJ
September 12, 2025
My brothers and sisters: In this month of September, the Holy Father invites us to pray for our relationship with all of creation, that, inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are loved by God and worthy of love and respect. ...read more
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St. Carlo Acutis, an example to follow!
Mireille Haj-Chahine
September 8, 2025
This young teenager has been declared a saint of the Church! He's not far from us, but is a saint of our time. ...read more
On September 7, 2025, Pope Leo XIV canonized two exemplary witnesses of the Christian faith: computer programmer Carlo Acutis and student and mountain climber Pier Giorgio Frassati. ...read more
On September 5, 2025, presided over a Liturgy of the Word to formally inaugurate the Borgo Laudato Si', a residence and educational facility on the grounds of the historic papal gardens in Castel Gondolfo. ...read more
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Carlo Acutis: A young saint to be. A friend in heaven!
Mireille Haj-Chahine
September 4, 2025
Carlo Acutis’s life bears witness to a path of clarity, a “Highway” to heaven, strewn with faith, prayer, and trust. All his life, Carlo Acutis traced this path, which led him to encounter Christ daily in the Eucharist and in the faces of the poor.  ...read more