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07/10/2026

“Let the little children come to me” - Luke 18:16

This morning. He saw the kids on shoulders waving, stopped the popemobile, blessed the baby, then this reaction.

You could feel the joy across the whole Square.

📍Before the General Audience today

05/10/2026

At 3 PM, the hour of Jesus’ death, we remember the moment when Divine Mercy was poured out upon the world. ❤️

St. Faustina called this the Hour of Great Mercy, and Jesus asked her to pray at this hour, especially by meditating on His Passion and asking for mercy for ourselves and for the whole world.

Today, on the feast of St. Faustina, take a few minutes to stop, remember the Passion of Christ, and pray this prayer with me.

O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You.

Jesus, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

St. Faustina, pray for us. 🙏

05/10/2026

Imagine celebrating your birthday in Rome—and having the chance to meet the Pope.

That’s exactly what happened to Braden, a teenager from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who was visiting the Vatican on his birthday, August 5.

Because it was a Wednesday, Braden was among the faithful gathered for Pope Leo XIV’s weekly audience. When the Holy Father approached, Braden excitedly told him, “Holy Father, today is my birthday.”

Fr. Marco Billeri, one of the Pope’s personal secretaries, overheard the exchange and returned with a blessed rosary.

Pope Leo handed it to Braden and simply said: “For your birthday.”

For any Catholic, it’s the kind of moment you could only dream of: celebrating your birthday in Rome, meeting the successor of Peter, and receiving a rosary blessed for you by the Holy Father.

A birthday Braden will never forget. ❤️

📹 TikT0k: braden_8096

03/10/2026

800 years ago: Here, Francis returned to God on the evening of October 3, 1226. His Transitus was not an end, but the completion of a life poured out for Christ and His Church.

“Francis, go and repair my house, which, as you see, is falling into ruin.”

At the Portiuncula, the place so deeply connected to the life and transitus of St. Francis, we remember not only the man who heard these words, but the saint who spent his life answering them.

Today, as we celebrate St. Francis, may we hear again the call he received: to rebuild the Church—not according to our own plans, but by returning everything to Christ—our whole heart, mind, body and soul!

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