Following Saturday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia, Catholic relief agency Caritas Indonesia has mobilized resources throughout the country to assist those affected by the disaster.
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Pope Leo XIV reminds young people participating in the Third National Youth Day taking place this weekend in Monterrey, Mexico, that the purpose of our lives is to unite ourselves to Jesus and thus, by sharing in His life, attain the holiness to which we are called.
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At least 38 people have died and thousands have been displaced after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesiaโs predominantly Catholic island of Flores. The Diocese of Labuan Bajo canceled the closing celebrations of the Golo Koe Maria Assumpta Nusantara Festival, while a major priestly formation celebration in Ledalero was moved outdoors after earthquake damage made the chapel and reception hall unsafe.
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As the Church marks the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jenny Kraska reflects on the theme: “Good luck ignoring mom!”
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Thousands of people, hundreds of miles, and successive generations walking the same road. On August 15, the season of walking pilgrimages reaches its peak at Jasna Gรณra โ a tradition that remains a vivid expression of faith and community in Poland.
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The Europeโs tallest statue of Mary was blessed on August 15 in Konotopie, Poland. During the ceremony, Bishop Krzysztof Wฤtkowski said the more than 55-meter (180-foot) monument is meant to turn peopleโs thoughts toward God and serve as a place of prayer.
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Pope Leo XIV reflects on how Maryโs Assumption reveals humanityโs destiny of eternal life, and prays for those suffering in the Holy Land, Ukraine, Russia and earthquake-stricken Colombia.
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During Mass in Castel Gandolfo for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Leo XIV marvels how the Blessed Virgin Mary, through God’s grace, leads us toward Heaven, insisting that love is “humanityโs most beautiful adornment,” stressing that it “transfigures, transforms, ennobles and lifts us up, making us light, free and close to God, even amid lifeโs ups and downs.”
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In the communities of the Peruvian Amazon, anticipation is growing over Pope Leo’s arrival in the country that shaped his missionary journey. The bishops of Iquitos and Puerto Maldonado hope that the papal visit to Pucallpa will be much more than a celebration: a call to conversion, unity, and renewed defense of the peoples of the Amazon.
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Romania and neighboring Hungary are facing an energy crisis linked to a record heat wave and the related low level of the Danube River, with Romania forced to shut down its last operating nuclear reactor while Hungary struggles to keep the only one of its four Paks reactors still operating online.
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