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The Exit Interview: A ‘Missionary’ Nuncio Departs After a Decade in D.C.

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Let us lay down our armor, as St. Ignatius of Loyola did, Pope says at Montserrat (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV visited the historic Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat and encouraged the faithful to imitate St. Ignatius of Loyola’s gesture of laying down their armor.

Pope encourages Barcelona Catholic charity workers (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV visited the Church of St. Augustine in Barcelona on June 10 (video) and offered encouragement to archdiocesan charity workers.

'The Lord allows us all to start anew,' Pope tells prisoners (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV visited a prison in Barcelona (video) and told the prisoners that “God loves you just as you are, but he dreams of you being even better.”

Cardinal Parolin, in papal letter, reflects on the elderly's 'magisterium of frailty' (CWN)

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, wrote a letter in Pope Leo’s name to participants in a Vatican study day on pastoral care of the elderly.

Jun. 11 Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle, Memorial

Today is the Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle, who was designated by the Holy Spirit to share the charge and mission of the twelve Apostles, is venerated by the Church as one of them. He played an important part in the first extension of Christianity outside the Jewish world. It was Barnabas who presented St. Paul to the other Apostles when, after his long retreat in Arabia, he came to Jerusalem for the first time after his conversion to submit for Peter's approval the mission to the Gentiles entrusted to him by the Master Himself. Barnabas was Paul's companion and helper on his first missionary journey and returned with him to Jerusalem, but left him when he set out on his second journey and went to Cyprus. The name of St. Barnabas is mentioned in the Canon of the Mass.

No, AI Isn’t Conscious. But Saying So Invites Further Discernment

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