“The meeting with the Holy Father was for all the participants a powerful sign of support and encouragement as they continue their work for the Church’s synodal conversion,” said Cardinal Mario Grech.

The papal audience came at the conclusion of a three-day meeting of Synod staff with leaders of continental bishops’ assemblies, in preparation for the synodal assemblies of 2027-2028.

The implementation phase of the 2021-2024 Synod on synodality culminates in an ecclesial assembly in Rome in October 2028. Prior to that, diocesan assemblies are scheduled to take place during the first half of 2027; national assemblies, during the second half of 2027; and continental assemblies, during the first four months of 2028 (Towards the Assemblies 2027-2028, p. 5).

By examining prison phone records, the archdiocese uncovered a “network of at least 30 people including convicted murderers, drug dealers, gang members and their family members involved in [abuse] filings or trying to be included in them,” OSV News reported.

Mazzarella, a philosophy professor, Heidegger scholar, and former member of the lower house of the Italian Parliament, wrote:

The Church is not only depositum fidei [deposit of faith], but also depositum humanitatis [deposit of humanity]. For reasons intrinsic to his faith in an incarnation of the divine which is both a historical and meta-historical event, it always has been.

But today, in the world of globalization and technology held together in a mutual reinforcement of unprecedented possibilities and problems, this depositum humanitatis, in which to make the faith it has received bear fruit, is called to safeguard it in an eminent way, and with full awareness. Magnifica humanitas is the title of this awareness ... Magnificent humanity, one in which the Church places its trust to “illuminate” even the age of AI.

This holds true provided that humanity remains true to its own innate greatness and does not escape itself by retreating into algorithmic constructs.

Pope Leo XIV described sports as a “medicine for both body and spirit, when it is practiced well” and an “opportunity for spiritual growth.”

Pope Leo XIV encouraged the presidents of Jesuit colleges and universities in North America to turn to the Society of Jesus’ four universal apostolic preferences to help confront the challenges of our time—and to begin by helping students encounter God.

The pilgrimage, which began in St. Augustine, Florida, on May 24, will turn back to the south today, before concluding in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on July 5.

The vice president of the Haitian Episcopal Conference lamented the plight of Haitian mothers who have fled the conflict there for the neighboring Dominican Republic (map).

The Alliance to End Human Trafficking, whose members include over 200 congregations of religious sisters, warned that legislation under consideration in the U.S. Senate “could weaken safeguards against illicit finance and create vulnerabilities that traffickers and transnational criminal organizations may exploit.”

Violent earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, causing extensive loss of human life and damage to Catholic institutions.

The prelate and the other advocates had been charged with forcible entry and maintaining illegal barricades.

Bishop Mangalinao described the dismissal of charges as a “victory for truth, justice, and the collective efforts of communities who courageously stand to protect our land, water and future generations.”