Archive for June 1, 2025

The Ascension of Jesus Christ. Giotto di Bondone, 1305.?w=200&h=150

By Father Roger Landry

How Christ’s ascension takes the training wheels off our faith

The celebration of the Ascension is an annual opportunity for us to focus on the implications Jesus’ return to the... Read more

Father Robert Bedard – more commonly known as Father Bob – was a priest for the Diocese of Ottawa in Canada and the founder of the Companions of the Cross.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Canadian priest who survived school shooting, founded order is focus of new film

A new film, “Permission: Fr. Bob Bedard’s Vision for the Church,” looks at the life and ministry of the founder... Read more

Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Mass for Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly at St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, June 1, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Pope Leo XIV

FULL TEXT: Homily of Pope Leo XIV on Jubilee for Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly

FULL TEXT: Homily of Pope Leo XIV on Jubilee for Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. Read more

Pope Leo XIV smiles at the crowds at St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, June 1, 2025, gathered for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Pope Leo XIV: Marriage ‘not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman’

Marriage is “not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that... Read more

The Veil of Manoppello, which is kept in a church in Manoppello, Italy, known as the Santuario del Volto Santo.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

What did Jesus look like? New documentary explores 3 divine images 

“The Face of Jesus” examines two images of Christ — the Shroud of Turin and the Veil of Manoppello —... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

How can 3 French saints spark missionary momentum? Leo’s call for spiritual renewal

The pope emphasized their shared spiritual trait: “They loved Jesus unreservedly in a simple, strong, and authentic way.” Read more

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St. Paul’s Hospital, operated by Providence Health Care, has a MAID facility on its campus, operated by the British Columbia government’s Vancouver Coastal Health.

Euthanasia facility quietly opens at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver

Auxiliary Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera is secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Vatican secretary for protection of minors: ‘Harming a victim is harming the image of God’

Smoke from incense drifts in the air at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, where the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded on June 22, 2025.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concludes with Corpus Christi Mass in LA

Pope Leo XIV leads a Eucharistic procession in Rome on June 22, 2025, for the feast of Corpus Christi.

Christ is God’s answer to humanity’s hunger, Pope Leo XIV affirms on Corpus Christi

Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus on June 22, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV after U.S. bombings in Iran: ‘Humanity cries out and pleads for peace’

Despite being Yazidi, a religious minority that has suffered persecution in Iraq, Wael Jejo Khdeida, along with his wife, tends to Mar Odisho Church in northern Iraq without pay and treats it as sacred.

‘The church comes first’: A Yazidi family’s promise to protect a Christian sacred site

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From heartache to hope: One woman’s mission to match Catholics for marriage

A life-sized statue of Christ is displayed at the site of the Stations of the Cross garden in Maysville, Kentucky, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

Kentucky political leader builds life-sized Stations of the Cross garden

Pope Leo XIV tells political leaders that “natural law, which is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting” at the Jubilee of Governments on June 21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV tells politicians that AI should serve human beings, not replace them

Venerable Enrique Shaw.

Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw one step closer to beatification

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