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Let us allow ourselves to be shaped by the liturgy, Pope says at audience on Vatican II (CWN)

Continuing his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV reflected today on Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.

Cardinal Parolin calls on European Parliament to promote peace, protect human dignity (Vatican News)

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, called upon the European Parliament to renew its commitment to peace and to protect human dignity at every stage of life.

Referring to the Christian values that helped shape the continent’s history, Cardinal Parolin said that “among these is first and foremost the affirmation of human dignity, which is inviolable and must always be protected at every stage of life.”

The prelate made his remarks at the European Parliament’s headquarters in Strasbourg, France, as he received the European Order of Merit award.

Trump administration agrees to permit sacraments at Illinois ICE facility (CWN)

A community-organizing coalition announced that it had reached an agreement with the Trump administration to permit daily pastoral care at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Illinois.

'You are loved by Jesus,' Pope Leo tells anxious 18-year-old (Vatican Press Office)

The new issue of Piazza San Pietro, the magazine of St. Peter’s Basilica, includes a letter from Pietro, an 18-year-old from Reggio Calabria, Italy, and Pope Leo’s response.

Pietro discussed his anxiety upon leaving high school, as well as his dream to start “a family united in the love of Christ.”

“I would like to say to you, first and foremost, a word that comes before all others: you are loved by Jesus,” Pope Leo responded. “Not in an abstract way, but personally, just as you are today, with your questions and your dreams, your fears and your desires. This love precedes you and will always accompany you; it does not depend on the choices you make or the paths you take.”

“Daily prayer, even if simple and few in words, listening to the Word of God, the celebration of the Sacraments and dialogue with wise people will help you to recognize which bonds to cherish and nurture, and which, without judgement, to prune,” the Pope continued. “Your dream of a family based on Christ’s love is a precious gift for the Church too; cherish it with confidence. The Lord does not disappoint the desires that He Himself has kindled in the heart.”

Pope Leo concluded, “I assure you of my prayers. I ask for you the grace of inner peace, of trust and of a clear vision of your life. I entrust you to Mary, who as a young woman learnt to trust despite harboring in her heart questions greater than herself.”

May. 20 Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Bernardine of Siena, Priest, Opt. Mem.

The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444). Bernardine left the world at an early age in order to lead a hermit's life. When he was twenty-two, he entered the Franciscan Order, one of whose glories he is. Having been made General of the Order, he resigned this charge in order to devote himself to preaching. He preached the name of Jesus with such love that it wrought the transformation of many souls. He was instrumental in effecting many conversions. He died at Aquilea, in the midst of his missionary labors, on May 20, 1444, and was canonized six years later.

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