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Pope Leo’s Welcome Act of Remembrance and Tribute — and Reconciliation

Pope Leo XIV touches the plaque marking the spot in St. Peter’s Square where St. John Paul II was shot in an assassination attempt on May 13, 1981. Leo stopped at the plaque during his own general audience on the feast of Our Lady of Fátima, May 13, 2026.

COMMENTARY: John Paul explicitly attributed his survival of the shooting to the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima.

Why the Ascension Should Astonish Us

Ford Madox Brown, “The Ascension,” 1844

COMMENTARY: In the Incarnation, heaven descends to earth; in the Ascension, earth ascends to heaven.

Cardinal Eijk: Same-Sex Synod Report Must Be Forcefully Refuted

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Cardinal Willem Eijk preaches at a July 31 Mass to celebrate Cardinal Burke’s founding of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 2008.

By elevating such testimonies without doctrinal commentary, the report effectively normalizes homosexual relationships within a Church context.

Catholic Film Star Becomes First Christian Chief Minister of Major Indian State

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Chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state, Joseph Vijay, an Indian film superstar, speaks after taking the oath during his swearing-in ceremony in Chennai on May 10, 2026.

Church leaders in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu call the election of actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay a source of pride in a country where Christians face growing persecution.

German Catholic Congress Approves Bondage Group's Booth

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Aerial view of the historic city of Wurzburg with Alte Mainbrucke, region of Franconia, Northern Bavaria, Germany.

Organizers of the Würzburg congress told EWTN News the group's guidelines contain 'no contradiction with the Catechism.'