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- Saint Leo Softball Brings Home First National Championshipby Audra Butler | Saint Leo University on June 4, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Historic 2026 season delivers record wins, national honors, and the program’s first NCAA title.
- Pope Leo XIV: We Must Rediscover Signs and Symbols of the Sacred Liturgyby Ishmael Adibuah | EWTN News on June 3, 2026
At the Wednesday general audience at the Vatican on June 3, Pope Leo XIV called Catholics to be open to an “encounter with God by rediscovering the signs and symbols of the sacred liturgy.”
- Relics of St. Padre Pio Make Stops on Touron June 3, 2026
In partnership with the National Centre for Padre Pio, two local parishes hosted a period of veneration of relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, also known as Padre Pio.
- Forty Years of Living with Spiritby Brittany DeHaan on June 3, 2026
News from the Vatican
All the latest news about the Holy Father, the Vatican, and the Church.
- Pope to Bishops: In times of polarazations the Church must be witness of unity in diversityon June 8, 2026 at 11:06 am
Addressing the Bishops of Spain, Pope Leo XIV reminds them that the Church’s strength does not come from resources, “but from the holiness […]
- Pope to Spain’s Parliament: A just society defends every human life, peace, freedomon June 8, 2026 at 9:27 am
Marking a historic first, Pope Leo XIV addresses members of Spain’s Parliament at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid and says that every […]
Pastoral Bulletin
All the latest news for parishes, schools, and ministries in the Diocese of Saint Petersburg.
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National NFP Awareness Week
Natural Family Planning Awareness Week – July 19-25, 2026 NATURAL FAMILY PLANNINGDesigned by GodGuided by LoveOpen to Life NFP supports God’s gifts of love and…
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MDS – Matrimony, Dialogue & Support
Give your marriage the gift of a blessed renewal! MDS is thrilled to announce our second English-speaking retreat, taking place July 17th-19th. Join us for a weekend of blessings and connection. MDS has…
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Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Successful marriages don’t work on automatic pilot – at least not for long. Like a garden, they require constant attention: fertilizing, watering,…
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Announcements ~ May 26, 2026
PARISHES/ORGANIZATIONS Vacation Bible School Corpus Christi Parish, 9715 N 56th St. Temple Terrace For June 1 – 5, 2026; 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.…
USCCB News
National and world news from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Catholic Church has message for everyone, pope says before landing in Spain
by PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE on June 6, 2026 at 8:30 amABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE FROM ROME TO MADRID (CNS) — Before touching down in Spain for his fourth apostolic journey abroad, Pope Leo XIV told reporters traveling with him that […]
- Liturgical rites and symbols reveal God’s presence, Pope Leo says
by PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE on June 4, 2026 at 8:30 amVATICAN CITY (CNS) — The rites and symbols of the liturgy are not arbitrary ceremonies but the means through which Catholics encounter God and are formed in faith, Pope Leo […]
- Archbishop Coakley on the Appointment of Maria Montserrat Alvarado as New Prefect for the Holy See’s Dicastery for Communication
by PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE on June 2, 2026 at 8:30 amWASHINGTON – Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), welcomed the news that Ms. Maria Montserrat Alvarado has been appointed […]
- “Offering Refuge to the Vulnerable and Persecuted Is a Founding Principle of Our Country,” Says Bishop Cahillby PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE on May 28, 2026 at 8:30 am
WASHINGTON – On May 27, an Emergency Presidential Determination (PD) on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 was published in the Federal Register, based on the […]