Pope Leo XIV met with representatives of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem June 18 and encouraged them to be bearers of hope, peace, and unity in a world marked by violence and division.
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17 Jun: ‘Faith in action’: Over 5,000 volunteers in San Diego pack 2 million meals for those in need
“Never did I ever think that it would be this big.” Deacon Jim Scull was referring to the Million Meal Event, which he and a small team of deacons from the Diocese of San Diego launched five years ago. At the inaugural event, volunteers packed 1 million nutritious meals to distribute to impoverished families across the border in Tijuana and in Africa.
Reflecting on his weeklong trip to Spain, Pope Leo XIV said one of his clearest impressions came from the Canary Islands, where migration revealed both the challenges facing Europe and what he described as a Christian path toward a “civilization of love.”
With forks stretching toward the Oklahoma border, and portions snaking into Dallas, Fort Worth, and south to the gulf, the Trinity River flows an expansive 710 miles across the Lone Star State. As the river reaches North Texas, its Elm Fork travels toward the campus of Cistercian Preparatory School. There, high school students — at times laden with glass jars and nets, clipboards and aquatic robots — have been conducting hands-on research as part of the Irving school’s newfound educational partnership with the Trinity Park Conservancy.
Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy in Washington now has a relationship with a $100 million fundraising campaign to expand an acclaimed Los Angeles gang-intervention program founded by Jesuit Father Greg Boyle.
Nine Polish Salesian priests killed in German Nazi concentration camps during World War II were beatified June 6 at the Sanctuary of St. John Paul II in Kraków during a Mass that highlighted not only their martyrdom but also their lives as educators, pastors, and mentors to young people.
RICHARDSON — El sábado 6 de junio se reunieron 400 personas para celebrar el quincuagésimo aniversario de la parroquia San José en Richardson, una comunidad formada por familias multiculturales y una de las más diversas de la Diócesis de Dallas.
La historia de la parroquia comenzó el 2 de junio de 1976, cuando más de 200 personas se reunieron en la escuela primaria Springridge para la primera reunión parroquial al no contar con instalaciones propias. Cuatro días después se celebraron las primeras Misas. En 1978 se inauguró el Centro Parroquial, en 1986 se dedicó el santuario y en 2002 se abrio la escuela parroquial, consolidando su misión educativa.
Pope Leo XIV approved new statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors that seek to balance its integration with the Roman Curia while preserving its independence.
Catholic and Orthodox leaders are expressing shock and outrage after a Russian drone strike heavily damaged a historic monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, with a cathedral set ablaze.
They share sibling rivalry — and a calling to the religious life.