Over 90,000 pilgrims flocked to Alba de Tormes, Spain, May 11-25, to venerate the incorrupt body of St. Teresa of Ávila — marking just the third public exposition of her relics since her death on Oct. 4, 1582.
Conducted in preparation of the International Union of Superiors General's 60th anniversary, the global body's new report considers the evolving needs of more than 1,900 congregational leaders worldwide.
Horizons - During a mission in rural Media Naranja, in Argentina, a group of Catholic sisters, young and adult laypeople, families, and a consecrated laywoman shared 10 days of evangelization with families in the community.
In his first appointment of a top-level official of the Roman Curia, Pope Leo XIV named Sr. Tiziana Merletti, a canon lawyer, to be secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
After stepping out to the main balcony as Pope Leo XIV, he mentioned no nationality. Instead, he identified himself as "a son of St. Augustine, an Augustinian."
Catholics in Normandy commemorated the 100th anniversary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux's canonization with three days of solemn celebrations May 16-18. These included a live broadcast of Pope Leo XIV's May 18 inauguration Mass on giant screens in the Basilica of St. Thérèse in Lisieux.
"In a world that too often devalues women's wisdom unless it is loud or marketable, I claim the power of quiet witness," writes Sr. Nodelyn Abayan on the power and depth of silence.
