Saint Joseph Catholic Church

“Today we remember the memorial of Our Lady of Fatima,” Pope Leo said. “On this day, 45 years ago, an attempt was made on Pope John Paul II’s life, and for these reasons, I dedicated my catechesis today to the Blessed Virgin Mary,”

“The Society places this simple Declaration of Faith in Your hands,” wrote Father Pagliarani. “It seems to us to correspond to the minimum indispensable to be in communion with the Church, and to truly call ourselves Catholics and, consequently, your sons.”

The declaration was published one day after Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, warned the Society of St. Pius X of excommunication if the Society proceeds with its plan to consecrate new bishops on July 1 without the Pope’s approval.

“I like the definition given by James Alison in his contribution: homosexual orientation is a regularly occurring non-pathological minority variant in the human condition,” said Cardinal Vesco. “This definition places homosexuality within the order of creation and not within that of disorder or pathology.”

“How painful it is to recognize that, faced with a human reality so complex and potentially so painful, we in the Church struggle so much to find the right words and to reconcile the solidity of Christian anthropology with the truth of existential experiences that must be accompanied and respected for what they are,” Cardinal Vesco continued.

Turning to Fiducia Supplicans, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s declaration on the pastoral meaning of blessings, Cardinal Vesco concluded:

Through this text, the Church authorizes its ministers to impart this blessing, not merely in their own name but in the name of the Church, and that changes everything. How good it is that homosexual people, whatever their state of life, should hear this blessing just as you and I do.

Outreach, founded by Father James Martin, S.J., posted Cardinal Vesco’s preface on May 13.

“Shortly after beginning university, Pedro was diagnosed with advanced pelvic cancer,” the diocese said in a May 13 statement. “He accepted his illness with remarkable faith, offering his suffering for the Pope, the Church and all souls, and bearing his condition with deep serenity and trust in God.”

Continuing his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV devoted his May 13 general audience (video) to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

42% of the approximately 114,000 students are Muslims. 17% are Catholic, 14% are Eastern Orthodox, and 23% have no religious affiliation.

“The newer Muslim communities often come from more explicitly religious environments and tend to practice a form of Islam described by critics as more rigid, more centered on literal Quranic interpretation, and less culturally assimilated into European society,” the Zenit news agency reported.

Leaders of the Thadou Baptist Association were ambushed as they traveled between two villages.

“We are heartbroken by this painful incident in which innocent lives were lost and several others were injured,” the bishops said in their May 13 statement. “May the God of peace comfort the grieving, heal the wounded, forgive the wrong, and bless Manipur with lasting harmony and peace.”

“I raise fervent prayers for the repose of the soul of this minister of the Gospel, that the Lord may welcome him in the light that never goes out, and, entrusting him to the maternal intercession of the Virgin Mary, I impart the apostolic blessing to those who mourn his sudden passing,” Pope Leo concluded.

This morning, Pope Leo XIV made a pastoral visit to Sapienza University of Rome, where he delivered a wide-ranging address (video 1, video 2).