Pope Leo XIV consecrates his pontificate to Our Lady of Montserrat, entrusting his ministry to her maternal care and asking her to lead the Church to Jesus.
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While there is a right to seek refuge when life is threatened, there is also the right not to have to migrate: the right to remain in one’s own home without hunger, war, persecution, violence, the land becoming uninhabitable, corruption stealing the bread from the poor, or weapons destroying the future of children. #ApostolicJourney
Every boat that arrives brings a question along with the migrants: what kind of world have we built, if so many brothers and sisters must risk death to seek life? Human dignity demands legal and safe pathways, rescue and assistance, real cooperation against traffickers, effective protection for victims, serious processes of reception and integration, and policies that allow every person to live with dignity in their own land. We cannot grow accustomed to counting the dead. Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border. #ApostolicJourney
The drama of migration must serve as an appeal to the conscience of the nations of origin of the migrants, which must establish conditions for peace, justice and development. It is also an appeal to the conscience of the transit nations, which are called to protect the vulnerable and not leave them in the hands of criminal networks. It is likewise an appeal to the conscience of Europe, which cannot claim to uphold human dignity while growing accustomed to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic becoming unmarked graves, as well as that of the international community, which is called to effective and persevering cooperation. #ApostolicJourney https://t.co/3YfdiJYiGg
Si ius est refugium quaerendi in discrimine vitae, etiam ius est non migrandi: ius domi manendi fame, bello, persecutionibus, violentia non excruciantibus, terra omni cultu vacanti non facta, depravatione panem pauperibus non auferente, armis futurum puerorum non exstinguentibus.
Omnis linter adveniens non solum migrantes advehit; secum etiam quaestionem affert: quem mundum aedificavimus, si tot fratres et sorores mortis periculum subire coguntur, ut vitam quaerant? Humana dignitas legitimas et tutas vias postulat, auxilium et opem, cooperationem veram contra hominum mercatores, victimarum efficacem tutelam, graves agendi rationes quoad receptionem et integrationem, necnon politica consilia, quae unicuique personae permittant, ut in propria sua vivant digne. Assuescere nequimus ad recensendos mortuos. Dignitas humana de syngraphis non pendet, nec imminuitur confinio transvecto.
Migrantium plaga recognitio nostri oportet fiat: patriis, quarum est condiciones pacis, iustitiae ac profectus creare; nationibus transitus, quae vocantur, ut infirmos protegant eosque in manus scelestorum hominum non relinquant; Europae, quae dignitatem humanam proclamare non potest simulque assuescere, ut Mare Mediterraneum et Oceanus Atlanticus quasi fiant coemeteria sine sepulcris; communitati internationali, quae ad efficacem et perseverantem cooperationem vocatur. https://t.co/yyiLNMFYjk
Today the U.S. bishops will consecrate the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, joined by parishes and faithful across the country. The act of consecration takes place as part of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Join the livestream this afternoon at 4pm ET / 3pm CT / 2pm MT / 1pm PT. Watch along, pray with us, and entrust our nation to the love of Christ's Sacred Heart.
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 10,7-13)
Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.
Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave.
As you enter a house, wish it peace.
If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you."
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Legendary architect, Antoni Gaudí dedicated the latter half of his life to designing the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. A devout Catholic whose deep faith inspired his architecture, he was officially declared "Venerable" in 2025 putting him on the path to sainthood.