I am begging, begging, for clergy to not frame the dignity of migrants in terms of their usefulness as an exploitable underclass. It is a betrayal of both their dignity & any hope of solidarity with migrants or the poor.

"Just a few days ago, a letter was sent from Piazza Pio XII to the Cistercian community of Heiligenkreuz, the historic Austrian abbey which today represents one of the few authentic examples of monastic renewal in Europe. The letter announces an Apostolic Visitation by the

À l’occasion de mon quatre-vingtième anniversaire, je reçois avec joie vos si nombreux messages. Je rends grâce à Dieu. De mes premières années en Guinée, à mon long service romain, j’ai suivi le Christ. Mon seul guide. Mon grand chemin. Je vous assure de ma prière fervente. +RS

This morning in Jerusalem, His Beatitude Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, OFM, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, ordained 14 Franciscan Friars of the Holy Land to the Sacred Order of the Diaconate. Let us keep these young men in our prayers.

Happy 80th Birthday to a great Prince of the Church and Ambassador of Christ, Robert Cardinal Sarah!

Holy Mass for the Beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui, from the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome. Live Now online at youtu.be/gmo3_Q6jLPs

Long suffering White Sox fan

Pope Leo XIV to students and scholars from various part of the world who are taking part in the Vatican Observatory Summer School of Astrophysics: "The authors of sacred Scripture, writing so many centuries ago, did not have the benefit of this privilege. Yet their poetic and

Pope Leo XIV to the Bishops of Madagascar this morning: "I encourage each of you in your episcopal ministry to take special care of the priests, who are your first collaborators and your closest brothers, as well as the religious men and women who spend themselves in service."

We have a Pope cares deeply about priests and their wellbeing.

Credit to Elon Musk, the victims of the Muslim grooming gangs in England would never have been heard and taken seriously if he hadn’t intervened. This brave women says that she was r*ped by 50 different men, all but one, an Algerian, were Pakistani, and she says “the crimes were

Today we commemorate St. Albert Chmielowski, the founder of the Servants of the Poor and Sisters Servants of the Poor. He was a well-known painter and used religious themes for most of his paintings before deciding to give all of that up in favor of a life dedicated to the poor.

Pope Leo XIV to the Bishops of Italy: “No one can stop you from proclaiming the Gospel, and it is the Gospel that we are sent to bring, because this is what we all, ourselves first, need to live well and to be happy.”

Pope Leo XIV to the Bishops of Italy: “Proclamation of the Gospel, peace, human dignity, dialogue: these are the coordinates through which you can be a Church that embodies the Gospel and is a sign of the Kingdom of God.”

Pope Leo XIV speaks to the Bishops of Italy about the “near future” and Synodality saying “may synodality become a mentality, in the heart, in decision-making processes and in ways of acting.” “In conclusion, I would like to leave you with some exhortations for the near future.

With Pope Leo XIV, the Pope returns to Castel Gandolfo, spending the month of July at the Papal Summer Residence, and celebrating the Feast of the Assumption at the Church of St Thomas of Villanova in August. This gives hardworking Vatican staff a welcome break in July and may

Ordination to the Priesthood of Deacon Francis Choi and Deacon John Vianney Chu of the Diocese of Hong Kong, celebrated on Saturday, 14 June 2025, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photograph by 沸點

I know they both have other roles now, but I’d love to see the old team back together.