''You don't come out of crises the same way—you come out better or worse, but never alone. It's time to weather the blow and stand firm on the essentials.'' Pope Francis #PapaLeone #PapaFrancesco #PopeLeo #PopeFrancis

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry published its report into care today. Our loved ones were failed by a Government that abandoned them and left them to die. Action must be taken now to prevent a tragedy like this happening again. Here is our statement:

“We are raising our voice to say that we are a civilian Palestinian people. We want to live in peace. We want to live in justice.” #WestBank

🫒🌿 Desde la Escuela del Patriarcado Latino de Gaza, comparto esta hermosa actividad de cosecha de aceitunas junto a los alumnos de primero, segundo y tercer grado. ¡Qué alegría poder acompañarlos! Una tradición que nos enseña a amar la tierra, trabajar unidos y aprender del olivo la generosidad y la paciencia.

بطاركة ورؤساء الكنائس في القدس يدينون اعتداء المستوطنين على الطيبة ويطالبون بتحقيق العدالة وتوفير الحماية. The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem Condemn Settler Attack on Taybeh and Call for Justice and Protection.

Himself and the last fella have been a gift to the young people. They and the world needs that kindness.

Pope Francis explains how he chose his papal name (2013)

Today is the Feast of St Frideswide of Oxford In Old English (Anglo-Saxon): “Cumað, uton tōdæg ārwurðlīce blissian, and uton herian þā duguða and þā gewinn þære beorhtestan lēohtfætelsan Westlandanna: Frīðeswīðe, micelre betwux þām āncerum, þære eallra lofweorðostan lārēowestran mynecena, sēo þe of hire heofonlīcum eardungstōwe ofer ūs wacað; forþām þe Drihten hæfð sōðlīce hīe wundorlīce gedōn betwux His hālgum. Þurh hire þingunga gehealde Hē ūre sāwla.” "Come, let us solemnly rejoice today, and let us laud the virtues and struggles of the most splendid luminary of the Western lands: Frideswide, great among ascetics, the most praiseworthy instructor of nuns, who watcheth over us from her dwelling-place on high; for the Lord hath truly made her wondrous among His saints. By her supplications may He save our souls."

"Now is the time for moral audacity," he said, stressing that "a new global food order is essential — one in which technological innovation is unconditionally subordinated to respect for God-given human dignity and the universal common good." 👏 #PopeLeo

I have tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament wishing His Holiness Pope Leo XIV a full and speedy recovery following his recent surgery. His commitment to peace, human dignity and standing alongside the poorest and most vulnerable brings comfort and hope to millions of people of all faiths and none. My thanks to the medical staff caring for him. I join people across the world in sending him strength and wishing him a return to good health. 🙏 Get well soon, Pope Leo.

I would like to thank all those who have prayed for me in recent days. I wish to express my particular gratitude to the doctors, nurses and all the staff of the Gemelli Hospital. This experience has made me feel particularly close to all those who are living with illness or infirmity. Now that I have overcome this delicate phase I will gradually resume my activities, always with God’s help and your prayers.

Great wisdom in this: “Remember that you have only one life, which is short and has to be lived by you alone; and that there is only one glory, which is eternal. If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.” St. Teresa of Avila

This is precisely what it means to “give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s”: to be truthful, free from servile fear or hypocrisy, free to do good. Let us pray to the Lord to help us live in this way. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 22:15-21)

The Holy See took ~12 years from John Paul II's initial medical diagnosis (and roughly 10 to 12 years after symptoms became obvious to the world) to publicly admit that he had Parkinson’s disease. And under JP2 they only went through the Vatican spokesman - not his doctors.

Pope Leo XIV's doctors announced on Saturday morning that Pope Leo XIV is fit to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital. In a statement from the Holy See Press Office, Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora said the Pope underwent blood tests and a chest X-ray in the morning, which confirm that his clinical condition allows for him to leave hospital. The Holy See Press Office said he will return to the Vatican on Saturday afternoon and pray the Angelus on Sunday from the window of the papal apartment.

“Well, let folly be our cloak…” God uses the foolish and weak things of this world to confound the wise.

Marco Rubio’s speech in Athens and the Vatican exposes gap between the Vatican’s worldview and that of the Trump administration, which emerged in the last month after Pope Leo’s speech in Metz (Sept. 28) – a remarkable speech about and to Europe. globalcatholic.com/rubios-sp…

the other American leader

“I think it is a bit unusual that we have a leader with such power, which the president of the United States has, who happens to be such an inadequate leader for the world.” Former Irish President Mary Robinson reflects on the importance of rule of law and her view of the Trump administration's conduct.

To be clear, the only reason I was able to reach Heidi was because young Palestinians provided cover with rocks against machine-gun- and tear-gas-wielding settlers and soldiers. It’s those kids, not the settler terrorists, who the IDF was hunting after the attack.