For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

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Americans packed St. Peter’s Square on Sunday to see one of their own begin his reign as pope. Vice President J. D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. Church ... Paul II did on Poland.