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[U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops @USCCB]

Lord God, Almighty Father, creator of mankind and author of peace, as we are ever mindful of the cost paid for the liberty we possess, we ask you to bless the members of our armed forces. Give them courage, hope and strength. May they ever experience your firm support, gentle love and compassionate healing. Be their power and protector, leading them from darkness to light. To you be all glory, honor and praise, now and forever. Amen.

[Catholic Association @CatholicAssoc]

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"More than 90 members of Congress urge leaders to invite Pope Leo XIV" by @TylerArnold18 for @EWTNews

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FROM TODAY'S CLIPS:

"In Argentina, Pope Leo Walks in the Giant Shadow of Francis" by @EmmaBubola for @nytimes

"Even Blue States Support Female Athletes" by @DeAngelisCorey for @WSJ

"Pope Meets with Survivors of Clergy Abuse In Argentina as it Reckons with Legacy and Ongoing Cases" by @nwinfield and Almudena Calatrava

"Massachusetts Bishops Issue Rebuke After Governor Cites Catholic Faith in Support of Abortion Law" by Mattthew McDonald for @NCRegister

[Catholic Association @CatholicAssoc]

Conversations with Consequences! Watch this clip with Fr. Thomas Petri,O.P. --@PetriOP -- on the importance of bodies when we are thinking about burial.

"We're not all just caterpillars waiting to become butterflies. The body is radically important. It's part and parcel of who we are."
@dominicanfriars

[Catholic Association @CatholicAssoc]

"I am the solder of Christ." ~ St. Martin of Tours, pray for us!

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

I don't know if anyone can watch it without tearing up. Over a million young people showed something unimaginable to the secularized world last night - faith is alive for the young generation. It is SO, SO alive!
Argentina's Youth, you stole my heart❤️🇦🇷
Video: Vatican Media

[Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP @FrAquinasOP]

Leo I / Leo XIV

[Luke Burgis @lukeburgis]

I can't watch the scene of the woman with cerebral palsy—who was abandoned by her mother before her first birthday—greeting the Pope without choking up. This woman has clearly heard and experienced Good News, and is a witness to the rest of us.

To those who are actively trying to eliminate the possibility of this woman's life—or from her ever having been born—the words from John 9 must be recalled, when Christ is asked why a man born blind exists: did he sin, or did his parents sin? And Jesus answered: “Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."

May we never forget. In the midst of the terrible election discourse, AI doomerism, and salacious Chinese spy gossip, the works of God are being made manifest.

[BECKET @becketfund]

What did the Justices focus on during oral argument in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy? Becket's Amanda Dixon joins Washington Watch to break down the key questions and what’s at stake for religious freedom.

[U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops @USCCB]

Pope Saint Leo I, Doctor of the Church: born in Tuscany, he was first a zealous deacon in the City of Rome and then raised to the Chair of Peter. He was deservedly called the Great, both for nourishing his flock in finely crafted and prudent discourses, and for vigorously affirming, through his legates at the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, the right doctrine concerning the Incarnation of God. Finally, he went to rest in the Lord at Rome, where on this day he was buried at Saint Peter’s.

Saint Leo the Great, pray for us!

[Catholic Association @CatholicAssoc]

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"Why Colorado Is at the Epicenter of So Many Supreme Court Clashes" by @amarimow for @nytimes

"The Greatest Flex for a Celebrity? A Photo With the Pope." by Alisha Haridasani Gupta for @nytimes

"Evangelization Is Our Responsibility" by Mark Bradford for @WordOnFire

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FROM TODAY'S CLIPS:
"A Missionary Pope Faces a Chain Saw-Wielding Populist in Argentina" by @SFrydlewsky and Ryan Dube

"An estimated 40,000 pour into a park in Uruguay for Pope Leo’s first Mass in South America" by @IsabelDeBre and @nwinfield for @AP

"After Decades of a Religious Right, Democrats Find a Religious Left" by @chriskuo17 and @AnveeBhutani for @WSJ

[Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP @FrAquinasOP]

All Dominican saints, pray for us!

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Pope Leo XIV getting emotional at the chanting of the Salve Regina at the conclusion of tonight’s Prayer Vigil with 70,000 young people from Uruguay in Montevideo’s iconic Estadio Centenario.

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"Interview: Ashley McGuire on Colorado’s Preschool Program and the Supreme Court" by Ashli-Meghan Eskeldson for @PJMedia_com

"Diocese Bets Big on Marriage Apostolate — and Sees Dramatic Results" by @zeldacaldwell for @NCRegister

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FROM TODAY'S CLIPS:
"Pope Leo's Trip to Latin America: What to Know" by @motokorich, @EmmaBubola, and @julieturkewitz for @nytimes

"N.Y. Archdiocese Settled With Abuse Victims. Where Do Other Cases Stand?" by @publicroad for @nytimes

"Colorado Punishes Families for Choosing Catholic Schools" by @AshMcG for @USATODAY

"Government Funding Leads to Government Interference" by Tim Busch for @WSJ

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Pope Leo XIV denounces abortion in Uruguay:

“The unborn already belong to the human family, and to the future of their people. Their absolute dependence on their mother does not diminish the dignity to which they are entitled, nor to the protection they deserve. Jesus Himself chose to assume this condition.

Welcoming a new life requires that fathers assume their responsibilities alongside mothers, that the family offers their support and that social conditions exist that allow both parents to raise and care for their children.

Protection of the unborn and the support of those who welcome them are inseparable. The family remains the primary setting in which each person is welcomed and learns to life with others.

St. John Paul II, who also had the joy to visit this land, expressed this in a phrase that retains all of its original force; “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.””

[Catholic Truth Society @CTSpublishers]

The portrayal of Purgatory as a kind of temporary hell is very much to be avoided. As St John Paul II put it when speaking about hope for eternal life: “Even if the soul in that passage towards heaven had to undergo purification for the remains of sin in purgatory, it is full of light, of certitude, of joy, because it is sure that it belongs to God forever.”

Read our latest Substack article to find out what really happens in Purgatory: https://t.co/RleODvjpgd

[Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley]

There is a Times report that the FBI is accelerating the investigation the Supreme Court leak of the Dobbs decision. That would be welcomed news in light of the seriousness of the breach. https://t.co/sjNv1Cmqco