As the Church marks the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Luke Gregory, OFM, reflects on the theme: “Serving without counting the cost”.
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For seven days, we heard the anthem, “Alza la Mirada”, or “Look up”, which made its way into a number of the Pope’s messages. About 15 people helped play a part in choosing the lyrics, music, people, and places that made up the song.
Pope Leo XIV flies back to the Vatican aboard a “Reino de Espana” aircraft offered by King Felipe of Spain following a technical issue that prevented the scheduled papal plane from departing from Tenerife’s Los Rodeos airport.
Pope Leo brings his Apostolic Journey to Spain to a close in the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, stressing that “no human being is an island”.
On the final day of his Apostolic Journey to Spain, Pope Leo travelled to Tenerife, where migration remains a defining reality. Visiting one of Europe’s main arrival points for African migrants risking the perilous Atlantic crossing, the Pope sought to draw international attention to the human suffering behind migration statistics and to reaffirm the Church’s closeness to those forced to flee their homes.
Concluding his Apostolic Journey to Spain, Pope Leo XIV thanks the Spanish people for their welcome and urges the world to “lift up its gaze”.
More than 30 European communicators, theologians, and digital experts from various Christian denominations visited Palazzo Pio, the headquarters of the Holy See’s media operations, during the annual meeting of the European Christian Internet Conference (ECIC), currently taking place in Rome.
Our editorial director reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s words on the tragedy of migration in continuity with his predecessors.
Meeting organisations working with migrants in Tenerife, Pope Leo XIV calls integration a shared responsibility that restores dignity and belonging, while urging human traffickers to repent before facing divine justice.
Marking the Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, which is celebrated the Solemnity, Pope Leo sends a message to priests inviting them to witness “the tenderness of the Good Shepherd” and live a priestly life that “is steady and configured to Jesus’ Heart.”
