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'Bring the leaven of selflessness into the world,' Pope says in final Madrid address (CWN)

Posted on 06/9/2026 00:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

This morning, on the fourth day of his apostolic journey to Spain, Pope Leo XIV delivered his final address in Madrid and said that “Christians are called to bring the leaven of selflessness to the world.”

Jun. 9 Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor, Opt. Mem.

Posted on 06/9/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)

The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, Deacon (306-373), called "the Harp of the Holy Spirit." Ephrem is the great classic Doctor of the Syrian church. As deacon at Edessa, he vigorously combated the heresies of his time, and to do so more effectively wrote poems and hymns about the mysteries of Christ, the Blessed Virgin and the saints. He had a great devotion to Our Lady. He was a commentator on Scripture and a preacher as well as a poet, and has left a considerable number of works, which were translated into other Eastern languages as well as into Greek and Latin. He died in 373. Pope Benedict XV proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church in 1920.

Father Mitch Pacwa Celebrated for His 50 Years of Priesthood

Posted on 06/8/2026 22:29 PM (The Daily Register)

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Pope, in address to Spain's bishops, compares Church's journey to a pilgrimage (CWN)

Posted on 06/8/2026 05:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV addressed the bishops of Spain today (video) and offered them the “image of a journey whose destination is God, toward whom we lift our gaze.”

Pope venerates the Virgin of Almudena, speaks of tearing down walls (CWN)

Posted on 06/8/2026 05:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV visited Almudena Cathedral in Madrid this evening and venerated the Virgin of Almudena, Madrid’s patroness (video).

Orthodox church, cathedral desecrated in Bosnia and Herzegovina (CWN)

Posted on 06/8/2026 02:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

A Serbian Orthodox church in Tuzla, the third largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was recently desecrated, the Serbian Times reported.

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

Posted on 06/8/2026 01:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

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

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

Posted on 06/8/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)

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.

Pope addresses Spanish Parliament, urges respect for dignity of every human person (CWN)

Posted on 06/7/2026 23:06 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV addressed the Spanish Parliament this morning in the Palacio de las Cortes and urged lawmakers to respect the dignity of every human person in their decisions about the unborn, parental rights, migration, peace, religious freedom, and the seal of Confession.

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

Posted on 06/7/2026 07:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

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.”