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Charlotte seminary faces shortfall after diocese reduces financial support for operations (CWN)

The seminary of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, faces a $200,000 shortfall following a reduction in diocesan financial support for operations, according to a fundraising appeal sent by the seminary’s rector.

Most US Catholics view Pope favorably; half think president has been too critical of him (Pew Research Center)

A survey of 9,750 U.S. adults found that 78% of Catholics view Pope Leo favorably—down from 84% last year—and that 51% of Catholics believe that President Donald Trump has been too critical of him.

The survey, conducted between May 26 and June 1, found that Catholics who attend Mass weekly are more likely to have a favorable view of the Pope than do Catholics who attend Mass seldom or never (85% vs. 73%). Likewise, Democrats are more likely to have a favorable view of the Pope than do Republicans (84% vs. 72%). Men and women have equally favorable views of the Pope.

According to Pew surveys that date back to 1987, Pope St. John Paul II’s favorability ratings varied from 91% to 93%; Pope Benedict’s, from 67% to 83%; and Pope Francis’s, from 72% to 90%.

Leading development banker meets with Pontiff (Vatican News (Italian, video))

Pope Leo XIV received Ilan Goldfajn, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, in an audience on June 19.

Goldfajn, who posts regularly on X, did not refer to the papal audience in his posts of the day. As is customary, the Vatican did not reveal the topics discussed, apart from a brief video highlighting a gift to the Pontiff.

Imitate St. Frances Cabrini's service to migrants, Pope says as he venerates her heart (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV visited the hometown of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini this evening and called upon the faithful to imitate her missionary service to migrants.

Detroit Archdiocese Forecasts Suspension of Weekend Masses at 90 Parishes

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Vatican newspaper devotes 8 articles to refugees' plight (CWN)

The Vatican newspaper highlighted the plight of refugees with eight articles in its June 19 edition, published the day before World Refugee Day.

Pope encourages Pavia's citizens to seek the common good (CWN)

After venerating St. Augustine’s relics in Pavia this afternoon, Pope Leo XIV visited Pavia Cathedral, where he adored the Blessed Sacrament and prayed before the relics of St. Syrus. He then addressed citizens of the northern Italian city in the Piazza della Vittoria (video).

Pope, in Pavia, venerates St. Augustine's relics, urges faithful to focus on Christ (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV began a brief pastoral visit to two cities in the northern Italian region of Lombardy this afternoon.

Jun. 20 Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday

The Roman Martyrology commemorates on this date St. John Matera (also known as John Pulsano) (1070-1139). St. John was a native of Matera, Italy and in his childhood longed to become a hermit. As a young man, he worked for a time as a shepherd in the service of a monastery. His exceptional austerity, however, was so irksome to the less fervent monks that he soon had to leave. Thereafter he journeyed from place to place as he strove to carry out God's will for him. At one point, acting upon a vision of Saint Peter he had experienced, John rebuilt a dilapidated church dedicated to the saint. Later, he traveled to Bari, where he preached with great efficacy. Certain individuals, motivated perhaps by jealousy, attacked the popular preacher with false charges of heresy, but he was in the end totally cleared of their accusations. Eventually John founded a Benedictine monastery at Pulsano and became its first abbot.