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Christopher Columbus, by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519. | Credit: Public domain
Tessa Gervasini is a staff reporter for Catholic News Agency.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 13, 2025 / 05:00 am – President Donald Trump renewed the focus of Columbus Day to be celebrated on the second Monday of October, reclaiming the explorer’s “extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue,” according to the president’s proclamation.