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"Seated or kneeling, bowing or erect, alone or with the holy multitudes, it is good (and never repetitious) to pray the rosary."
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The World Day of the Poor is observed on the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time -- read the pope's message for this year:
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The lesson in this week's Gospel is that we believers should not just watch for the Lord's coming, but we should prepare for it -- for Christians, watching must also be doing.
A reflection on this Sunday's readings ↓
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Sadly, there were issues with our bus, so we didn’t make it to Santa Cruz.

But thankfully we made it safe and sound to Pope Leo’s coronation of the Virgin Mary in front of his former cathedral in Chiclayo, which was a beautiful moment. Here’s one of my photos:

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A yuletide treat for all but the easily frightened, "Ebenezer" ranks as a fresh and ethically insightful iteration of an oft-told yarn. Read our movie review ↓
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Speaking at a Nov. 13 news conference, New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno called the lack of serious and fatal casualties after a river boat was struck by a tanker a “miracle on the Mississippi.”
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Speaking at afternoon gatherings in Chiclayo Nov. 13, where he served as bishop for roughly eight years, Pope Leo XIV focused on addressing pastoral accountability and the pitfalls of a soulless technology.
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The Archdiocese of New Orleans is calling for prayer as emergency responders race to save dozens of passengers on a river boat that was struck by a tanker on the Mississippi River near New Orleans around 12:30 p.m. Nov. 13.
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An American priest who, like Pope Leo XIV, missioned for decades in South America is one step further along the path to possible sainthood.
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In an emotional homecoming, Pope Leo XIV returned to Chiclayo, the Peruvian diocese he once led, celebrating a Mass Nov. 13 attended by approx. 500,000 people who were overjoyed to be reunited with their former bishop.

“What a joy it is to return to Chiclayo! It is a blessing for me to be with you once again,” Pope Leo said in his homily.

@catholicourtney reports from Chiclayo. Read the full story at https://t.co/d6ulA7K8pL
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"What a joy it is to return to Chiclayo! It is a blessing for me to be with you once again," Pope Leo XIV said in his homily at an outdoor Mass at Pampas de Pimentel near Chiclayo Nov. 13.
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“Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina,” the famous line goes. But during Pope Leo XIV’s four days in the country, he made millions of Argentines cry — and they repeatedly brought him to tears in return.
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Family closeness and love for the elderly are the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's gifts to Canadian society, that nation's new Ukrainian Catholic archbishop told OSV News.
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From ‘Monseñor Roberto’ to Pope Leo XIV, Chiclayo celebrates a father’s return:
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People line the streets of Chiclayo to welcome Pope Leo home, Nov. 13, 2026.

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¡Oh, Dios mío! You can tell Papa is home upon landing in Chiclayo!
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Pope Leo XIV has landed in Chiclayo! 🇵🇪

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A heartfelt welcome for Pope Leo in his former diocese of Chiclayo with people lining the streets with handmade signs, balloons, and photos of their former bishop turned pope!

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Not only the pope has an immensely tight schedule in South America. The journalists can't catch their breath either (as one of them rightly asked at the presser ahead of the trip -- OK, the pope doesn't need an extra ambulance, but maybe WE WILL!)

Today Pope Leo is heading to Chiclayo and on Nov. 12, @catholicourtney spent the whole morning following the papal speeches at the cathedral of Lima where Pope Leo XIV underlined the need for women to be treated with respect and touched on the issues of domestic violence, division of labor in the home, and families in crisis.

“I would like to renew an ardent appeal, not only to my brothers and sisters in the faith but to every man and woman of good will: let us value women! Let us protect and respect girls!” he said in the speech outside Lima’s Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, to the applause from those gathered.

“It pains us to see that violence against women -- who could be our grandmothers, mothers, sisters or daughters -- continues to be a reality that wounds all of humanity,” he said.

In the afternoon, between the meetings in the morning and afternoon vigil with the youth, Pope Leo met with victims of sexual abuse on the first full day of his visit to Peru.

In a statement published Nov. 12, the Vatican said the pope met with six survivors at the Apostolic Nunciature in Lima, @jae_journalist reported after Holy See Press released a statement on the meeting.

The statement noted that those present had “suffered abuse by members of the clergy and ecclesial institutions in the country, some of whom are former members of groups linked to the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae,” the lay movement suppressed by Pope Francis in 2025.

Earlier in the day, during his meeting with the country’s bishops, Pope Leo called on them to follow the example of Sts. Martin de Porres and Juan Macías, who, through their humility, “teach us to recognize Christ in the least among us.”

The lives of the two saints, he said, showed “that charity begins with a simple gesture, a listening ear” and are reminders that “no person can be judged by their rank, their origins or their social status.”

“In this regard, allow me to mention a reality that has caused us so much pain: the abuses perpetrated by members of the clergy or within the context of the Church,” the pope said. “We must respond as Jesus would, with truth, justice, forgiveness, making amends, and an ever more resolute commitment to fostering a culture of prevention and protection for the weakest in light of such crimes.”

Later in the afternoon, both Courtney and Junno met at the stadium in Lima to report for @OSVNews on the vigil where Pope Leo met Peruvian youth.

Tens of thousands of young men and women filled the stadium, singing and chanting, “Esta es la juventud del papa” (“This is the youth of the pope”). Local authorities said that in addition to the estimated 60,000 in the stadium, another 300,000 young people were following the prayer vigil from the surrounding areas.

Pope Leo XIV called on young Peruvians to not give in to the “dangerous suspicion” that following God means sacrificing their personal fulfillment and to reject the belief that they need to sin in order to experience happiness.

Addressing nearly 60,000 young people at a prayer vigil at the National Stadium of Peru in Lima Nov. 12, the pope urged them to “engrave in your hearts the words of Benedict XVI: ‘evil is always poisonous.'”

“At times, we wonder whether following God’s will means giving up our dreams. This fear can give rise to an even more dangerous suspicion: thinking that God is depriving us of something and that, in order to enjoy life fully, we also need to experience sin,” he said.

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