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Do not be afraid of Jesus Christ, Pope tells Spanish cultural, business leaders (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV met last evening with Spanish cultural and business leaders and encouraged them not to be afraid of Jesus Christ.

Allow God's mercy to renew your hearts, Pope tells participants at world conference on mercy (CWN)

In a video message to the Sixth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy, Pope Leo XIV said that “it is a source of great joy and true hope when we experience how merciful God is towards each one of us and how good it is for us to renew our trust in his mercy.”

Jun. 8 Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Médard (456-545), Bishop of Noyon, France. Legend says that once when he was a child a sudden shower fell, soaking everyone except St. Médard who remained perfectly dry, because an eagle had spread its wings over him. Ever since, Médard was known as "master of rain" or his patronage against bad weather and who to invoke for good weather. In religious art, an eagle shelters Médard from the rain.

Popes and the Sacred Heart: A Timeline

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At Rest With Jesus in the City That Never Sleeps

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Pope Leo XIV in Madrid: Corpus Christi Must Not Become Museum of the Past

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Be missionaries of the Gospel, Pope tells over 600,000 Spanish young people (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV presided at a prayer vigil with young people last evening in Madrid’s Plaza de Lima (video) and challenged the Catholic youth of Spain to “be missionaries of the Gospel amid the material and spiritual poverty of our time, knowing full well that our faith is a way of life that is lived out in charity.”

What Catholics Need to Know About Magic, Divination and the Occult

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Jun. 7 Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Solemnity

"While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and said, 'Take it; this is my body.' Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, 'This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.'"