St. Patrick's Church

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05/29/2026

Our preschoolers sing ‘This Little Light of Mine’ to Bishop Bonnici.

05/29/2026

Thank you, Bishop Bonnici, for visiting us and reading the story of a lost sheep and the Good Shepherd.

05/29/2026

In his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," Pope Leo XIV turned directly to parents, and what he said is something every family needs to hear.

05/29/2026

Pope Leo XIV warned Thursday against the temptation to make Christianity more attractive by diluting its content or softening its demands, telling Vatican evangelization officials that the faith is transmitted above all through credible Christian witness.

“It is certainly not by watering down the content or softening the demands that Christianity can be made attractive but by bearing witness with humility and courage to ‘the way, the truth, and the life’ that has converted and sanctified so many people,” the pope said May 28.

The pope made the remarks during a meeting in the Consistory Hall with members of the Dicastery for Evangelization’s Section for Fundamental Questions Regarding Evangelization in the World at the conclusion of its plenary assembly.

According to the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, the section is responsible for studying fundamental questions of evangelization and promoting an effective proclamation of the Gospel, identifying appropriate forms, tools, and language.

Leo said the crisis of faith, especially in the West, has contributed to “widespread religious indifference.”

“To many, faith no longer appears relevant to their lives,” he said. “The underlying danger, the gravity of which is not always perceived, is that the very essence of what is most human — namely, the search for meaning — may be lost. The great existential questions remain unanswered, whilst a technological culture that is supposed to meet every need is spreading.”

More at: https://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/leo-xiv-don-t-water-down-christianity

✍️ Victoria Cardiel