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National Catholic Register
- 5 Reasons to Make a Pilgrimage on the California Missions Trail
  
  Eleni Mavrandoni Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego, California, is a stopping point and rendezvous site for the 2025 Camino de California Eucharistic...
- Sacred Or Scandalous? Catholic Shrines Take Different Approaches to Marko Rupnik’s Art
  
  Courtney Mares/CNA Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed throughout the shrine in Lourdes, France. Father Rupnik has been accused of the...
- For Tolkien, the Mass Was Life’s Greatest Drama
  
  Book cover of ‘The High Hallow: Tolkien’s Liturgical Imagination’ A new book explores how J.R.R. Tolkien’s Catholic faith — and especially the Mass — shaped...
News from the Vatican
- Pope Leo calls for hope for those ‘locked in a dead end’
  
  In his Wednesday Audience, Pope Leo XIV urged people not to lose hope, even if they “feel ‘stuck’ and locked in a dead end.”
- Reviving tradition, Pope Leo to spend July break at Castel Gandolfo
  
  Although popes had opted to take their summer vacations at Castel Gandolfo since the early 1600s, Pope Francis famous opted not to, preferring to remain instead in his residence at the Casa Santa...
- Bishops should be aware of the challenges posed by AI, Pope Leo says
  
  Speaking to a group of bishops, Pope Leo XIV warned about the challenges being created by artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and social media In today’s world.