In this 13 minute podcast, Catholic Connection show host Teresa Tomeo interviews Dr. Italy about the election of Pope Leo XIV. Providentially, Dr. Italy was leading a pilgrimage in Rome and was in St. Peter's square on May 8, 2025, when the white smoke rose...
A one-minute trailer for the new video study series from Ascension Press: Foundations of Faith: A Journey Through the Catechism. Featuring Marcellino D’Ambrosio (“Dr. Italy”) and many other well-known Catholic educators and authors. Filmed across the globe, this 20-session, video-based study program features some of your...
In this 14 minute podcast, Anna Mitchell, host of the Sonrise Morning show, interviews Dr. Italy on Why the fact that God is Trinity, one God in three persons, matters for our faith and our everyday lives. The Trinity is the central dogma of the Catholic...
In this 14 minute podcast, Anna Mitchell of the Sonrise Morning Show interviews Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio on Pentecost and how the Power of the Holy Spirit truly makes the Gospel Good News....
Without Pentecost, the Gospel is not truly Good News. For the Pentecostal gifts and charisms given by the Holy Spirit on this birthday celebration of the Church are essential to its mission and crucial for a joyful, victorious Christian life....
Elected on May 8, 2025, as the 267th successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV's Inaugural Mass took place on Sunday, May 18. Below is the full text of the pope's homily, in which he speaks of love and unity as the central mission of...
In this 7 minute podcast, Anna Mitchell of the Sonrise Morning show interviews Dr. Italy on the profound meaning of the Magnificat, Mary's canticle uttered on the occasion of the Visitation, and how it manifests her as the Queen of Humility and the Queen of...
The Solemnity of the Ascension celebrates many things, among them hope, charity, and the Great Commission to preach the gospel to all nations. Thus, it is a fitting time to ponder the call of Pope John Paul II to a "new evangelization."...
On May 9, the day after he was elected to the Chair of Peter, Pope Leo XIV gave his first homily as pontiff. Below is the full text of the homily he delivered to the College of Cardinals, in the Sistine Chapel. Source: America Magazine. [dropcaps...
On May 8, 2025, the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV gave his first "Urbi et Orbi" ("to the city and to the world") Apostolic Blessing. The first public appearance and official blessing by a new successor of Peter is a truly incredible moment, and it was...