Pope Leo XIV leading the Bishops, Priests and Religious of France in chanting the Our Father in Latin in the magnificent Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Byłem w Strasburgu i Marsylii podczas pielgrzymek Franciszka, w samej Francji wiele razy, nie zliczę. Ale to jest coś innego, nowego. Media, społeczeństwo, młodzież, otwartość i ciekawość — tego nie było. Ta iskra daje nadzieję, niezwykle!
Korea was one people until 1945. Today the men of the South stand up to three inches taller than the men of the North.
Same ancestry, same language, the same height at the start. The border is 160 miles long and 2.5 miles wide.
In the North, food comes through the state ration. Rice when there is rice, maize when there is not, and meat on a few holidays a year. In 2012 the army cut its minimum height for a recruit to 4ft 8in, because too few 17 year olds could reach the old one.
In the South, meat consumption rose about tenfold in 50 years. Beef, pork, eggs and milk went from luxuries to every day.
South Korean women gained 8 inches in height over the 20th century. It is the largest increase recorded for any population on earth.
Children who escape from the North are visibly smaller than Southern children of the same age. Fed in the South, the young ones catch up. The older ones are too late.
Nobody designed the experiment. But it has 75 million subjects, a genetic control and a hard border, and it has run for 80 years.
One side of the wire was fed grain by a government, and the other side ate meat.
L'arrivo di Papa #LeoneXIV allo Stade de France di Saint Denis per la veglia di preghiera con più di 80 mila giovani francesi e non solo. Grande entusiasmo sugli spalti riempiti #Francia
This is beautiful
The French, including many young nuns in habits, were chanting 'Merci' and stopped to join Pope Leo XIV in singing Salve Regina outside Notre Dame in Paris
This is just incredible. The Pope is absolutely loving this.
At the Prayer Vigil with the young people of France, they reenact the incredible history of the Church of France, from the arrival of Lazarus and his sister Mary Magdalene, the martyrdom of St. Denis, the baptism of Clovis, the purchase of the Crown of Thorns of Our Lord by St. Louis IX, St. Joan of Arc, the countless Saints of the eldest daughter of the Church, the martyrs of the French Revolution, all the way to the great St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
Human dignity must remain at the heart of our digital future.
During his address at @UNESCO, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, calling for technology to remain at the service of people and for greater protection of children and young people in the digital age.
While artificial intelligence can process and correlate vast amounts of information, it cannot provide meaning or trust. In the words of @Pontifex , “Meaning is the oxygen of the mind.”
His message ultimately went beyond technology: trust, dialogue and education are essential to overcoming divisions, strengthening our common humanity and building lasting peace.
▶️ Watch highlights from Pope Leo XIV’s address at UNESCO.
#LeoneXIV a Notre-Dame de Paris, primo Pontefice a entrare nella cattedrale dopo l’incendio del 2019 e il restauro. Oltre 8 mila fedeli dentro e fuori la chiesa, mentre 300 mila persone hanno salutato il passaggio del Papa in papamobile.
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🚨 🇫🇷 ELECTRIC scenes in Paris as TENS of THOUSANDS line the streets to greet Pope Leo XIV
Hundreds of young people are sprinting along to follow the popemobile
Did the South Korean president fall off his chair? Did he just call Zelenskyy a "murderer or traitor" for announcing the return of Korean prisoners of war to South Korea?
Did he just say it was done to boast, when it was clearly done to warn?
Did he just blame him for disregarding national security while we are under attack?
Did he just try to blame Ukrainians for being "unconcerned" about what happens to people who came to our country to murder us, rape and abduct our children, and erase our towns from the face of the earth?
Is he seriously questioning a victim's right to speak out about the aggression it suffers?
I don't know what was lost in translation, but as translated, this is the most moronic presidential statement I've read in a while, and thats in times when Trump exists.
During his flight to France this morning, just hours after Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s beatification, Pope Leo XIV recalled watching Sheen’s television program with his family.
The Pope described it as a way they spent time together while receiving the truths of the faith through Sheen’s lively teaching. He said he was happy to approve Sheen’s beatification and revealed that many people wrote to ask why he had not attended the ceremony.
When a reporter suggested he could attend Sheen’s canonization, Pope Leo smiled and replied: “There we go!”
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South Korea has decided to increase the number of 3,000t Korea Coast Guard patrol vessels deployed in the Yellow Sea from 11 to 17 by 2030.
The expansion is aimed at strengthening its response to illegal foreign fishing vessels. Rather than primarily replacing aging vessels, six additional ships will be built to expand the fleet.
The latest 3,000t patrol vessels actually displace around 3,840t and use a combined diesel-electric propulsion system, improving fuel efficiency during low-speed patrols.
Cardinal Tagle, in the homily during @FultonSheen beatification: "During an audience, Pope Pius XII once asked Bishop Sheen how many conversions he could claim. He answered the Pope, “I really haven’t counted, in order not to have the temptation to believe they were mine.” He added that he saw himself as “simply a porter who is sometimes able to lead people to the open door of the house of God. I have had some success as a porter.”
Blessed are you, porter to the door of God’s house!"
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