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I wish to recall fishermen on the occasion of #WorldFisheriesDay, which is observed today. May Mary, Star of the Sea, protect fishermen and their families.

Keeping our gaze fixed on the Face of Jesus allows us to look into the faces of our brothers and sisters. His love draws us toward them. Faith in Him, our peace, invites us to offer everyone the gift of His peace.

The Kingdom of God grows like a seed in the ground, and the women and men of today, even when seemingly overwhelmed by so many other things, still yearn for a greater truth; they search for a fuller meaning for their lives, desire justice, and carry within themselves a longing for eternal life. #GospelofToday (Lk 10:1-12, 17-20)

The Lord wishes to do something great in our lives and in the history of humanity, yet there are few who perceive this, pause to receive the gift and then proclaim and share it with others.

I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters, who were at the summer camp, in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas in the United States. We pray for them.

The Holy Father!

Thank you Jesus

Pope Leo prays for the victims of a “terrible massacre” in Benue State, Nigeria. Around 200 people were “brutally killed” in Yelwata, in the Guma Local Government Area on the night of the 13th/14th June, the Pope said, most of them internally displaced persons “sheltered by the local Catholic mission”. Speaking just before delivering the Sunday Angelus prayer, the Pope prayed for “security, justice, and peace” in Nigeria, adding that he was thinking in particular of the “rural Christian communities of the Benue State who have been relentless victims of violence”. Responding to the attack, Amnesty International Nigeria on Saturday called on Nigerian authorities to “immediately end the almost daily bloodshed in Benue State and bring the actual perpetrators to justice”.

In an increasingly digital society, where technology brings distant people closer together, yet often creates distances between those who are physically close, sport proves a valuable and concrete means of bringing individuals together, providing a healthier sense of the body, of space, effort and real time. It helps to preserve a healthy contact with nature and with real life, where genuine love is experienced.

“For me? Thank you” Pope Leo XIV asks, as a little girl gives him a cookie, which he eats, on his Popemobile ride in St. Peter’s Square, after celebrating Mass this morning.

Pope Leo XIV has shared the following message to youth gathered together at White Sox Park in his native Chicago — via @VaticanNews

Happy Father’s Day to all Dads out there!

In our competitive society, where it seems that only the strong and winners deserve to live, sport also teaches us how to lose. It forces us, in learning the art of losing, to confront our fragility, our limitations and our imperfections. It is through the experience of these limits that we open our hearts to hope. Athletes who never make mistakes, who never lose, do not exist.

On Tuesday afternoon, Pope Leo XIV visited the Basilica of St Paul outside the Walls, the Roman church traditionally thought to hold the saint’s remains. After a moment of prayer in front of St Paul’s tomb, the Pope presided over a brief prayer service. In his homily, Pope Leo reflected on a reading from St Paul’s Letter to the Romans, which, he said, contains three major themes – grace, faith, and justification – which can help illuminate the Petrine Ministry to which he has been called. Pope Leo brought his homily to a close with a quotation from Pope Benedict XVI: “God loves us. This is the great truth of our life; it is what makes everything else meaningful”. This insight, Pope Leo said, is “the basis of every mission”, including “my own mission as the Successor of Peter and the heir to Paul’s apostolic zeal." “May the Lord grant me the grace to respond faithfully to His call", he concluded.

Our Christian unity, life and mission is close to my heart, shown in St. Augustine’s words that I chose for my episcopal motto: In Illo uno unum. Christ is our Saviour and in Him we are one, a family of God, beyond the rich variety of our languages, cultures and experiences.

Every word of the Gospel is like a seed sown in the soil of our lives. This soil is our heart, as well as the world, our community, and the Church. The word of God fertilizes and awakens every reality. #GeneralAudience

I was chosen, without any merit of my own. Now, with fear and trembling, I come to you as a brother, who desires to be the servant of your faith and joy, walking with you on the path of God’s love, for He wants us all to be united in one family.

JD Vance and his wife meet Pope Leo XIV

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JD Vance, joined by his wife, Usha Vance, met Pope Leo XIV following the pontiff’s inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square. What do you notice?