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Human Dignity and Human Frailty at the Heart of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’

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Pakistan Government Takes Over Historic Christian College Building in Lahore

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South Korean president thanks Holy See for supporting peace process (Fides)

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung thanked the Holy See for its “unconditional support and constant attention” to the peace process on the Korean Peninsula.

President Lee made his remarks at the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome on June 14, at the conclusion of a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, the Korean prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy.

The president, a Protestant, also praised the Catholic Church in Korea. He said that the Church there “has always firmly supported the Korean people, respecting human dignity and promoting peace and solidarity in all the trials our society has faced.”

Pope expresses gratitude for visit to Spain, closeness to Philippine earthquake victims (CWN)

At the conclusion of his June 14 Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV expressed gratitude for his apostolic journey to Spain and closeness to victims of the Mindanao earthquake.

Jesus looks upon us with compassion, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)

During his June 14 Angelus address (video), Pope Leo XIV emphasized that Jesus looks upon the world with compassion.

9 Polish Salesians who died at Auschwitz beatified as martyrs (Agenzia Info Salesiana)

Father Jan Świerc and his eight companions, all of them Salesian priests who died at Auschwitz, were beatified at the Shrine of St. John Paul II the Great in Kraków, Poland.

One of the martyrs, Father Karol Golda, S.D.B., was killed because he heard the confessions of German soldiers.

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, was the principal celebrant at the beatification Mass, which took place on June 6.

New statutes clarify relation between DDF, Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV approved new statutes that will provide direction to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors for a three-year trial period.

Pope encourages Europe's Syro-Malankara Catholics to treasure their heritage (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV encouraged European members of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (CNEWA profile), which is based in India, to treasure their ecclesial heritage.