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Pope Leo XIV presided at the celebration of Midday Prayer in Monaco’s Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate today (video) and preached on St. John’s teaching that “we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1).

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference lent its support to the nation’s president, John Mahama, after a university in Pennsylvania withdrew a planned honorary degree.

“In each episode, a host, typically Sister Miriam, 44, interviews a guest, usually another sister, about her life, covering subjects like her education—several of the women have Ph.D.s—or her conversion journey,” the Times reported. “While the topics themselves might sound weighty, the conversations are often quite wide-ranging, like a dialogue between two, well, sisters.”

Following a two-hour helicopter flight from Vatican City, during which papal telegrams were sent to the Italian and French presidents, Pope Leo XIV arrived this morning in Monaco, where he was welcomed by Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene at the Monaco Heliport (video).

“Joining you in commending his noble soul to the infinite mercies of God our heavenly Father, I recall with immense gratitude the late cardinal’s many years of dedicated priestly and episcopal ministry to the local Churches of My Tho and Ho Chi Minh City, as well as his contributions to the wider Church in Vietnam and to the Apostolic See,” Pope Leo wrote.

The Pope added that Cardinal Pham Minh Mân’s ministry “was marked by a profound commitment to pastoral care and social responsibility, the steadfast promotion of dialogue and ecclesial unity, and the witness of a life lived in evangelical simplicity and humility.”

L’Osservatore Romano devoted seven articles in its March 27 edition to the importance of straits.