Barron Presents Papal Liturgy Edition to Pope Leo

Bishop Robert Barron met privately with Pope Leo XIV and presented him with the first completed copy of Word on Fire’s forthcoming second-edition Liturgy of the Hours. Retired Cardinal Wilton Gregory is scheduled to celebrate a National Black Catholic History Month Mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Wilmington, where he plans to thank the community for its faithfulness and welcome. Another article reflects on the feast of apostles Simon and Jude, honoring their shared missionary tradition and faith despite the limited historical record of their lives. In Venezuela, churches marked the 162nd anniversary of Saint José Gregorio Hernández’s birth with Masses, processions and other tributes.