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25/07/2025

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 20:20-28)

The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her,
"What do you wish?"
She answered him,
"Command that these two sons of mine sit,
one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom."
Jesus said in reply,
"You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?"
They said to him, "We can."
He replied,
"My chalice you will indeed drink,
but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
When the ten heard this,
they became indignant at the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and said,
"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served
but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2025/07/25.html

24/07/2025

Fr Faltas: Gaza hungers and thirsts for justice.

For months, no food or medicine has entered the Palestinian enclave, while there is a shortage of electricity and the bombings continue. To the ...

24/07/2025

As hunger spreads in Gaza, more than 100 aid and rights groups call for governments to take action.

More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action as hunger spreads in Gaza, including by demanding an ...

24/07/2025

Pope Leo XIV meets President of the Republic of Algeria, Mr. Abdelmagjid Tebboun, in the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV meets President of the Republic of Algeria, Mr. Abdelmagjid Tebboun, in the Vatican, who subsequently met with the Holy See's Secretary ...

24/07/2025

The 'Catholic Grammys': The finalists for the Catholic Music Awards have been announced and the winners will be announced on Sunday, 27 July near St. Peter's Square.

The finalists for the Catholic Music Awards, often called the Catholic Grammys, have been announced and the winners will be announced at the Award ...

24/07/2025

Father Yaroslav Rokhman, who ministers at the perinatal center in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, tells Vatican News of the fear experienced by women forced to take shelter during Russian army bombardments.

In an interview with Vatican Media, Father Yaroslav Rokhman, who ministers at the perinatal center of Ivano-Frankivsk, speaks of the fear experienced ...

24/07/2025

Gospel of the Day ( Matthew 13:10-17)

The disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?"
He said to them in reply,
"Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven
has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.
To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich;
from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
This is why I speak to them in parables, because
they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.
Isaiah's prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:

You shall indeed hear but not understand,
you shall indeed look but never see.
Gross is the heart of this people,
they will hardly hear with their ears,
they have closed their eyes,
lest they see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts and be converted
and I heal them.

"But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2025/07/24.html

23/07/2025

At a press conference in the Vatican, Archbishop Rino Fisichella explains how the Jubilee of Youth will offer “an embrace from all young people worldwide” to those living in war zones.

At a press conference in the Vatican, Archbishop Rino Fisichella explains how the Jubilee of Youth will offer “an embrace from all young people ...

23/07/2025

Pope Leo XIV assures Dominicans taking part in the General Chapter of Provincial Priors of his closeness in prayer, inviting them to be attentive to the voice of the Holy Spirit and to strengthen their commitment to serving the Body of Christ.

Pope Leo XIV assures Dominicans taking part in the General Chapter of Provincial Priors of his closeness in prayer, while inviting them to be ...

23/07/2025

Despite many challenges, young people in South Africa are preparing to attend the Jubilee of Youth in Rome from July 28 to August 3.

A bishop and young person from South Africa share how young people have been preparing to attend the Jubilee of Youth in Rome from July 28 to August ...

23/07/2025

Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, the Archbishop of Bologna, and the President of the Jewish Community of Bologna, Daniele De Paz, sign a joint declaration against the war in Gaza.

Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, the Archbishop of Bologna, and the President of the Jewish Community of Bologna, Daniele De Paz, sign joint declaration ...

23/07/2025

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 13:1-9)

On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.
Such large crowds gathered around him
that he got into a boat and sat down,
and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:
“A sower went out to sow.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path,
and birds came and ate it up.

Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil.
It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,
and when the sun rose it was scorched,
and it withered for lack of roots.
Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.
But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit,
a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2025/07/23.html