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[USA NEWS 🇺🇸 @usanewshq]

Down syndrome child meets the Pope — his reaction is priceless ❤️

[Ines San Martin @inesanma]

You are the Pope, and the reason behind the chartered @Iberia_en flight to Barcelona.

Why wouldn't you fly, at least for a while, in the best seat a plane has (beyond, of course, the pilot's and co-pilot's)?

Also, taking for granted it's a selfie, greatest papal selfie ever.

[Rich Raho @RichRaho]

Prior to evening Prayer Vigil in Barcelona, Pope Leo blessed “Caravan of Kindness,” including 33 ambulances to be sent to Ukraine; Leo greeted @jccruzchellew, a personal friend of the late Pope Francis and a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

[Colm Flynn @colmflynnire]

My wife @PaolaArriazaA's new documentary, Sagrada Familia: The Masterpiece Uniting Heaven and Earth, takes viewers to Barcelona for Pope Leo XIV’s historic visit, marking 100 years since Antoni Gaudí’s death and the inauguration of the basilica’s Tower of Jesus Christ.
It's a beautiful journey into faith, architecture, and Gaudí’s vision of lifting humanity’s gaze toward God.

[Austen Ivereigh @austeni]

“The Vatican has replaced Silicon Valley as ground zero for disruptive thinking. The Catholic church … is becoming a beacon of light in a very dark world…. The pope has become a reassuring – and all too rare – voice of moral clarity.” https://t.co/Y85YTArice

[John Cusack @johncusack]

The genocide in Palestine and the mass murder in Lebanon must be stopped

[Three2Six Project @326project]

It was a great honour to meet with Cardinal Brislin. Our team had the opportunity to present our educational project, share our latest developments, and introduce our booklets containing stories from our families. We are grateful for his support of our mission and work @_SACBC

[Integral Human Development @VaticanIHD]

📣 In #MagnificaHumanitas, #PopeLeoXIV warns that technical power alone “does not make us more capable: it makes us more isolated”
The growth of technological power must remain directed toward the common good, justice, and care for the vulnerables. 👇
https://t.co/p6UFcFfJHJ

[FMS Champagnat @fms_champagnat]

Today, 3 June, the Marist Global Network of Schools promotes the traditional meeting to celebrate San Marcellin Champagnat (9:00 am and 4:00 PM – Rome Time). You can fellow it in youtube: https://t.co/IesmovDbDV #MaristsOfChampagnat #ChampagnatGlobal

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

Now that Gaza lies in ruins—shattered, like a beloved face after a long brutality—Israel moves with a terrible confidence to the next act: The act of leaving every soul there not merely wounded, but permanently disabled. Injured, sick, hungry, homeless, without work, without hope. This is not war’s collateral damage. This is design.

As my friend Gideon Levy writes—and he knows, he knows—this is the prelude to expulsion. Think of it: a society without teachers, without doctors, without social workers, without engineers, without clerks. That is not a society. That is a holding pen. A slow erasure. And when nothing functions—no school, no hospital, no office, no heart—then it becomes ‘easy,’ they tell themselves, to scatter the people to the four corners of the earth. Like seeds from a broken pod, except no soil will take them.

We must name this. Not with rage alone, though rage is honest. But with the cold, clear tears of recognition: they are making life impossible so that departure becomes the only ‘choice.’ And the world watches, adjusts its spectacles, and calls for restraint. Restraint! There is no restraint in a slow drowning.

[Rich Raho @RichRaho]

The Pope in Vatican Gardens for Rosary: “Peace is not a theory to be tested in a laboratory, nor a naïve illusion, nor a matter to be pursued out of self-interest. Rather, it must be looked for with a sincere heart. It is a daily commitment. Peace comes from justice and love…The cry of innocent people must no longer be heard in cities. No one should be forced to leave their homes due to the threat of bombs. The thirst for power and the ‘violence of words’ must stop and make room for justice and truth. Everyone can and must do their part to achieve peace, the Pope urged. It must start with small but important things, abstaining from every form of verbal or physical violence in daily life and also on social media.”

[The Southern Cross @ScrossZA]

A Reparation Mass was held at Holy Trinity parish in Braamfontein following the desecration of the parish altar earlier this month. Pics: Cardinal Stephen Brislin, Father Russell Pollitt SJ, Father Vusi Nhlapo, Deacon Billy Davis and Father Lawrence Ndlovu
https://t.co/EPi0bl7T5S

[camillao 🕊️💙 @Mar90490]

Be careful guys, you know… “he liked to drive like a madman. He liked to go fast” (Cesar Piscoya) 😭

[Elizabeth @suasoptics]

Hey lazy people: the Vatican made infographics for you

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Pope Leo XIV’s address in English at the publication of his Encyclical Letter Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the age of Artificial Intelligence.

Do listen to all of it. It is very good.

[camillao 🕊️💙 @Mar90490]

“Like the earlier Leo, I feel entrusted to look upon another huge transformation with eyes of faith, with lucidity of reason, with openness to mystery and with cries of the poor and the earth resounding in my heart” ❤️

[Mike Lewis @mfjlewis]

From Magnifica Humanitas, paragraph 208:

"When a culture normalizes and justifies conflict, a dangerous pathway opens up, in that what seems unthinkable today may become acceptable tomorrow in the name of utility or security."

[Delia Gallagher @deliavatican]

POPE LEO: “In a special way I’d like to thank Mr Olah for accepting our invitation…in the name of the Church, I accept your invitation to walk together, to listen, to speak & together to find the way for humanity in this time of AI”👇

@AnthropicAI @ch402

[Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo]

Extraordinary as the sheer optic was of the Pope leading the launch-event for his maiden Encyclical, the unprecedented nature of the exercise was further underscored by Leo giving his reflection on the text entirely in English.

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

🚨 Pope Leo has CONDEMNED the availability of smartphones to small children, which often leads to addiction and to the accessing of harmful materials:

'Having a personal mobile device at too early an age and using it without adult supervision can exacerbate young people’s vulnerabilities, foster addiction and expose them to isolation, bullying and cyberbullying, as well as to pressures to share intimate images or sensitive information'

Magnifica Humanitas