Today, World Day of the Poor, Prevost had lunch with 1,300 poor and marginalised people. Homily in St Peter's Basilica: “There can be no peace without justice”. After the Angelus, sorrow for the attacks in “tormented Ukraine”: “Victims and wounded, including children”. On Christians discriminated against around the world: “Called to bear witness to the truth”.
On the day celebrating the Jubilee of the Poor, a priest from the Diocese of Tokyo reflects on how he included the night-time “tent city” in St. Peter's Square in the Holy Year itinerary with a group of fellow countrymen. ‘An invitation not to judge, but to set out on a journey in our poverty together with others.’
Leo XIV received more than 160 professionals on the 130th anniversary of the birth of cinema. He described it as an "act of love" that "must not shy away from the mystery of fragility". Its creators are "pilgrims of imagination", capable of "recognizing beauty even in the folds of pain". Drawing on the words of director David W. Griffith, he called on them to make it "an art of the Spirit”.
The Nowgam barracks in Srinagar has been devastated. According to the authorities, it was an accident. But the incident comes amid an already tense climate following the attacks on the Red Fort in Delhi and Islamabad. And recent operations against militant cells in Jammu and Kashmir.
While President Marcos himself is implicated in corruption allegations by a former deputy, the country's bishops warn against solutions that would destabilise the country. Cardinal David: “The Filipino people deserve truth, not rumours; responsibility, not manipulation”. Bishop Villegas: “Peace is the fruit of justice and dialogue, not unbridled ambition or force”.
Today's headlines: UN Security Council to vote on Trump's plan for Gaza on Monday; Indonesia prepares 20,000 soldiers for health and reconstruction tasks; The state of Karnataka is the first in India to offer paid menstrual leave; Trump says Thailand and Cambodia “will be fine” after new border tensions; Pakistan's Supreme Court denounces attack on the Constitution after amendment limiting its powers.
