Catholic schools hit by funding cuts in French city of Lyon
The move reflects a widespread trend in France for local governments to reduce funding for all private schools, including Catholic ones.
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Leo XIV’s valuable advice to a young 24-year-old priest
The young Spaniard went to Rome one month after his ordination in July, and greeted the Pope. Leo told him, "Never lose the joy of the priesthood."
The connection of Pope Leo’s Peruvian goddaughter to his mom
The new American-Peruvian pope has caused great joy in Peru — particularly for 29-year-old Mildred Camacho. Her godfather is none other than Leo XIV!
Parolin on Robert Prevost’s election as Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Parolin gave some details about the personality of Leo XIV, whom he knows well, having worked with him for two years.
Prior of growing abbey talks about their life and ministry
The Abbey of Lagrasse has nearly doubled in size in 20 years. Father Dominique, prior, tells Aleteia about his community's ministries and missions.
The nun, the Muslim taxi driver on strike, and the kidney
A cab strike blocked Nantes airport, and a nun was unable to catch her flight to donate a kidney to her brother. A selfless cab driver took her free of charge…
Marathon or adoration: why choose? Try Adoration Ultra!
This past January, Jimmy Coleman, an ultra marathon runner, joined his athleticism with his faith for the first time. His website invites others to join him.
The incredible (prophetic?) story of Fr. Vincent’s chalice
When Fr. Vincent Chamel went to celebrate his first mass at the village chapel, he received a chalice left him by the last parish priest decades before he was born.
Father and daughter set Guinness record with France-sized heart
In 16 days, Fréderic de Lanouvelle and his 16-year-old daughter Mathilde drew a heart over France on a tandem bike, earning a Guinness World Record.
Honeymooners attend WYD in Lisbon … in wedding attire!
Polish couple Gabrielle and Julien went to the WYD in Lisbon for their honeymoon and took part in the concluding Mass while wearing their wedding outfits!
David went to the 2005 WYD to party … Today he’s a priest!
If some people still doubt the impact of a WYD in people’s lives, they should hear the story of David Cueto. This Spanish priest converted at the WYD in Cologne, during the time of Benedict XVI.
Linsa, Mary, Hedwig, Beena and Lisbetha: Sisters in life and in faith
It’s not every day that one comes across a family with five daughters and a niece who are religious sisters!
Cathedral was in ruins when John Paul II celebrated Mass; now it’s been restored
Destroyed in the 1980 civil war, the cathedral in N'Djamena, Chad, is finally rebuilt and is a beautiful symbol of hope and peace.
Two friends walk nearly 1,000 miles to Rome, praying for the pope and vocations
Elisabeth and Madeleine made their own pilgrimage, walking more than 900 miles from the French city of Lyon to Rome.
His daughter was healed with the prayers of new Blessed, Pauline Jaricot (Interview)
"We are normal people in an almost normal world, and yet it's true, we have experienced a miracle"
Fr. Steven Labat, young priest of the diocese of Paris, found dead in Sinai
The 32-year-old priest was hiking on Saturday, May 7, in the mountains of Sinai in Egypt when he most likely was the victim of a fatal fall.
Little Sister of the Poor who died at the age of 102 was a heroine of D-Day
The quiet religious sister was an American soldier during the Second World War and participated in the 1944 Normandy landings.
A rain of miraculous medals pours over Ukraine
A woman from France who knows Ukraine well has intervened in the war by sending "a shower of miraculous medals" throughout the war-torn country.
Paris threatens Notre Dame Cathedral with $19 million tax bill
Is the City of Paris entitled to collect a tax for the occupation of the public domain for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame?
Stop everything to admire the sumptuous creche in Assisi!
On December 8, a new light show was inaugurated, on the exterior facades of the city's sacred spaces.