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• Pope Leo to Lead Worldwide Rosary for Peace May 30 — Catholics Around the Globe Invited
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• Ontario Doctor Who Assessed Patient for Assisted Suicide in a Tim Hortons Parking Lot Gets Just Six Months’ Probation

Saint of the Day:

• St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 5:17-26

At that time, it came to pass on one of the days, that Jesus sat teaching. And there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and out of Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. And behold, some men were carrying upon a pallet a man who was paralyzed, and they were trying to bring him in and to lay him before Him. And as they found no way of bringing him in, because of the crowd, they went up onto the roof and lowered him through the tiles, with his pallet, into the midst before Jesus. And seeing their faith, He said, Man, your sins are forgiven you. And the Scribes and Pharisees began to argue, saying, Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God only? But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, answered and said to them, “Why are you arguing in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?” But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins — He said to the paralytic — I say to you, arise, take up your pallet and go to your house. And immediately he arose before them, took up what he had been lying on, and went away to his house, glorifying God. And astonishment seized upon them all, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen wonderful things today.

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• U.S. Military Strikes Southern Iran as Trump Tells Cabinet Iran Is “Negotiating on Fumes”
• Israel Intensifies Strikes on Southern Lebanon, Killing at Least 16 Ahead of Washington Talks
• DEVOUT CATHOLIC BOSTON CELTICS COACH HONORED

Saint of the Day:

• St. Augustine of Canterbury

Gospel of the Day:

Mark 10:46-52

As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me.” Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.” He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.” Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

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   • MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS
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• AI Detection Tool Flags Parts of Pope Leo’s Encyclical as AI-Written
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• Pope decries ‘drastic sterility,’ discrimination against motherhood in Europe

Saint of the Day:

• St. Bede the Venerable

Gospel of the Day:

John 6:44-52

At that time, Jesus said to the Jews: No one can come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me draw him, and I will raise him up on the last day. It is written in the Prophets, “And they all shall be taught of God.” Everyone who has listened to the Father, and has learned, comes to Me; not that anyone has seen the Father except Him Who is from God, He has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, he who believes in Me has life everlasting. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the desert, and have died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that if anyone eat of it he will not die. I am the living bread that has come down from heaven. If anyone eat of this bread he shall live forever; and the bread that I will give is My flesh for the life of the world.

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• SSPX Names the Four Bishops-Elect to Be Consecrated July 1 in Écône
• U.S. Carries Out Defensive Strikes on Iran’s Gulf Coast Amid Talks to End the War
• Pope Leo XIV’s First Encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Calls for AI Regulation — Anthropic Co-Founder Joins Vatican Launch

Saint of the Day:

• St. Philip Neri

Gospel of the Day:

John 10:1-10

At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: Amen, amen, I say to you, he who enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up another way, is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is shepherd of the sheep. To this man the gatekeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them forth. And when he has let out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. But a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers. This parable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what He was saying to them. Again, therefore, Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All whoever have come are thieves and robbers; but the sheep have not heard them. I am the door. If anyone enter by Me he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and shall find pastures. The thief comes only to steal, and slay, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

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• Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
• SSPX head calls for ‘charity,’ warns against ‘triumphalism’ ahead of July 1 consecrations

Saint of the Day:

• St. Rita

Gospel of the Day:

John 21:15-19

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He then said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”

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• German Bishops Vote for ‘Women’s Ordination,’ Ask Pope ‘to Decide How to Proceed’
• Oklahoma Designates Abortion Pill Trafficking as a Felony Offense
• Average US long-term mortgage rate climbs to 6.51%

Saint of the Day:

• St. Godric

Gospel of the Day:

John 17:20-26

Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “Holy Father, I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.”