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Pope meets with six clergy abuse victims in Madrid
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
Pope Leo XIV met with several survivors of sexual abuse in an hourlong meeting in which he listened to their experiences and their proposals on how the Catholic Church can promote safety and healing for victims, the Vatican said ... ....
Pope Leo jokes AI still thinks Francis is pope – and draws a lesson out ...
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
Pope Leo XIV used a light touch of humor to make a point about artificial intelligence and a Christian answer to it while sharing a meal with Spanish bishops in Madrid on June 8 ... “Ah, that’s right. Pope Leo is now the pope.” ... ....
Pope Leo highlights faith’s role in Europe’s soul as he shares stage with Antonio Banderas
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
Hours after celebrating Mass for an estimated 1.5 million people and leading a Corpus Christi procession through the streets of Madrid, Pope Leo XIV found himself in a very different setting ... “Art is not only beauty,” he said. “Art is a question ... ....
US State Department awards CRS a disaster response assistance grant
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
The U.S ... Catholic Church. The award was announced at an event in Rome by Ryan Shrum, a senior official with the State Department Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response; U.S ... U.S ... “This funding will help us respond to their unique needs quickly.”.
Pope Leo scores with 80,000 Spanish Catholics in Real Madrid soccer stadium
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
Madrid’s famous Bernabéu soccer stadium, normally packed with fans of the Real Madrid football club, roared with cheers and songs of praise to the Lord June 8 as 80,000 Catholics prayed together with Pope Leo XIV ... “The pope is for all teams,” he said.
'We are the Body of Christ': Catholics process through Washington in solidarity with immigrants
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
In that same neighborhood, every pew inside the Shrine of the Sacred Heart was filled June 7 as worshippers gathered beneath mosaic-covered walls where immigrants have prayed for more than a century ... Matthew the Apostle ... ....
Blessed Sacrament second graders lead May crowning at bishop-elect’s last school Mass as their pastor
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
The pastor of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, who will be ordained as an auxiliary bishop of Washington on July 7, said that Mary, like their earthly mothers, loves and cares for them ... That’s what Mary does every day,” he said.
Pope helps celebrate joy of being human, seeking truth, embracing wounds
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
At the start of his fourth trip abroad, Pope Leo XIV humbly predicted that young Spaniards would more likely attend shows scheduled on the same days as his visit starring a fellow-American, Bad Bunny, who has the most audio streams in the world ... ....
Consecration 101: What the bishops’ upcoming consecration of the US to the Sacred Heart means
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
In anticipation of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. bishops will consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus June 11 during their spring plenary assembly in Orlando, Florida ... R ... ....
Pope Leo’s encyclical a call to ‘recover the mystery’ of humans, says Eastern Catholic scholar
Catholic Standard 09 Jun 2026
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. OSV News ... Pope Leo XIV gives us a biblical contrast between Babel and Jerusalem ... In a particular way, Eastern Catholicism and Christianity also invite us to embrace asceticism in the spiritual life.
Pope Leo's Corpus Christi Mass and procession in Madrid draws 1.2 million
Catholic Standard 08 Jun 2026
"We are gathered around the Eucharist, the gift of Christ's living presence among us ... "Jesus travels the streets, crosses the squares and visits our neighborhoods, dwelling in the settings of our daily lives." ... Silent fidelity to the Eucharist ... ....
Eucharist is ‘bread that satisfies our deepest hunger’ bishop-elect says at Corpus Christi Mass as ...
Catholic Standard 08 Jun 2026
“In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us,” said Bishop-elect Gary Studniewski ... The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage conducted events throughout the city of Washington during its stay here ....
Pope Leo XIV calls defense of life the measure of a nation’s moral greatness in ...
Catholic Standard 08 Jun 2026
“The defense of human life is neither a partisan issue nor a confessional interest. it is a goal of civilization,” he emphasized ... A multifaceted analysis of the issue of migration in Spain ... He described a twofold demand for social justice ... ....
Cincinnati, where Vance converted, gives a glimpse of Catholicism’s history in America’s heartland
The Huntsville Item 08 Jun 2026
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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage arrives in Washington with Eucharistic procession and special blessing for the nation
Catholic Standard 08 Jun 2026
Along with the traditional fireworks over the National Mall and a patriotic concert on the U.S ... “Today we walk with Jesus Christ our Redeemer, our Savior ... ....