
Leo XIV: Prayer is not a wellness technique
At his first general audience after the summer break, the Pope drew a line between prayer as encounter with God and meditation as a tool for personal well-being.

Praying with kids? Try one of these hands-on Rosary activity ideas to engage their senses in this powerful prayer.

Pope Leo urged the faithful to make sure we are offering up "constant prayers" for all of the many people who are suffering and dying in conflicts around the world.

We're all seasick, plus what to do with the weeds: A reflection on the Gospel for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

A palliative care nurse has taken up the mission of bringing the Rosary into every senior center in the country, helping residents to live their vocation to prayer.

What happens when you combine the #1 prayer app with the #1 draft pick? A series you won't want to miss.

Shared by Irish author Julianne Stanz, this treasured prayer invites us to see Holy Communion through fresh eyes.

As Catholics honor the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ in July, pray this beautiful prayer by St. Gaspar del Bufalo, an apostle of the devotion.

His earnest request before dinner left his parents in stitches — and actually sends an important message to us all.

Here are some common options you can memorize and recite in confession when the priest says, "Now make an act of contrition."

A historic moment awaits Frassati devotees as the first novena since his September 2025 canonization begins on June 25, to finish on the vigil of his feast day.

On June 22, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Ta' Pinu. On that day, she called a peasant girl to her: "Come, come, come."

What is in the "secret of our hearts," Pope Leo said, is the "personal encounter with [Jesus], which is unique to each of us."

Let us join in prayer with the entire Archdiocese of Rome in reparation for the theft of the Blessed Sacrament from a hospital, and for all sacrileges. The cardinal has given a prayer to pray (here).

The whole Aleteia community joins in fervent prayer for our Shepherd today. Take him and his ministry to the Lord through the Virgin Mary in the Rosary.

A new digital prayer book offers devotees of Pier Giorgio a chance to deepen their faith alongside one of the most joyful and enduringly popular young saints.

Just months after receiving a special message from Pope Leo XIV on his 110th birthday, Father Bruno Kant has died in Germany.

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