Pope urges Spanish citizens to rediscover their Christian faith

 

“While we were still sinners…”

 We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo

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Saint Patrick Catholic Parish

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Father Gregory Ashe was the founding pastor of St. Patrick’s parish, beginning in 1921 and serving until 1925 when he was replaced by Father Thomas Healy, the parish’s second pastor, and first Augustinian.  Father Ashe eventually returned to Buffalo, New York to serve in parish work.  He died there in 1934.  Father Healy served as pastor of St. Patrick’s for a year and a half, after which he returned to Pennsylvania. He died a short time later in January 1927 at the age of 54.  Both Fathers Ashe and Healy were born in Ireland. The 1920s were good to San Diego and the community of North Park.  Businesses were thriving, new arrivals spurred development, and optimism was high.  Under Father Daley’s guidance, the parish decided to commit to the construction of a magnificent structure, Romanesque in style, using the best architecture and artistry available.  Frank Hope was contracted as the architect and the M.H. Golden company did the construction.  The contract was signed on October 15th, 1928, and work began almost immediately.  Amazingly, the church, the present structure, was finished by Easter Sunday, 1929, in just about six months, but it wasn’t dedicated until September 1929.  The cost of the structure was $37,000, and with all the interior additions the cost of the project was around $60,000.  Father Daley and the parishioners of St. Patrick’s were justifiably proud of their accomplishments.  The next step would be the construction of a school, and it probably would have gone forward but for one obstacle: the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

 

If we belong to God, we must live truthfully

 

Jesus is “moved with compassion” for the crowd

 

‘I’m still on cloud nine,’ says pilot who shared cockpit with Pope Leo XIV

U.S. bishops approve advancing cause of Minnesota missionary priest Joseph Buh

The favorable vote allows the Diocese of Duluth to continue pursuing the canonization cause of the priest known as the “patriarch of Duluth.”

Peruvian boy whose family struggles to make ends meet asks pope why bad things happen

Answering the question, Pope Leo XIV emphasized that “through the life of Jesus Christ, God shows us that, even amid suffering, he never abandons any of his children."

‘I’m still on cloud nine,’ says pilot who shared cockpit with Pope Leo XIV

Ángeles Hernández had the experience of a lifetime as she served as the co-pilot on the flight taking Pope Leo XIV from Madrid to Barcelona.

A century later, Pope Leo XIV fulfills Gaudí’s dream

The Sagrada Familia Basilica's spectacular central spire is crowned by a white cross that makes it the tallest church in the world.

Southern Baptists pass a ban on women pastors again

Pilgrims and holy wars at the World Cup
ARC: Soccer’s corrupt governing body may discover that the faithful still believe in the game — but not in its priests

 

What Pope Leo’s AI encyclical means for Catholic colleges and universities
Religion News Service: Our institutions are at risk of becoming transactional degree factories where students become dehumanized.

 

Southern Baptists pass a ban on women pastors again. This time, they hope it sticks.
Religion News Service: The proposed ban on churches with women pastors or those that allow women to preach was approved by three-quarters of church messengers gathered in Orlando.

 

Survey: Gen Z prefers a generic ‘Christian’ label over ‘Protestant’*
Christianity Today: Younger Americans, even evangelicals, now favor the broader term — but self-identified Protestants have more stable, engaged lives of faith.

 

Americans are more dissatisfied with how their democracy is working than people in other high-income countries
Pew Research Center: Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (69%) say they are dissatisfied with the way democracy is working in their country.

SSPX Consecrations and Impending Schism

 

Do you need to forgive?

 

Nicodemus and the Path of Life

Nicodemus and the Path of Life: Leo XIV’s Existential Reflection in Barcelona

ZENIT Staff

The Pope’s Remarks at the Conclusion of the Prayer Vigil at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona

U.S.: Department of Defense reduces the number of recognized religious denominations. Catholics remain on the list

Tim Daniels

What has generated controversy is not who remains on the list, but who has disappeared from it. A wide range of smaller religious and philosophical communities—including atheists, humanists, Unitarians, deists, Wiccans, Druids, followers of Asatru, spiritualists, and various New Age movements—are no longer individually identified.

The Patriarch of Moscow has transferred Hilarion, a prominent Russian cleric, to Brazil after drugs were found in his car

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Once regarded as one of the most influential voices in the Russian Orthodox Church and widely viewed as a possible successor to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the 59-year-old prelate now finds himself transferred to two small parishes in southern Brazil amid a growing cloud of scandals and an ongoing criminal investigation.

The Basilica of the Sagrada Familia and the Influence of Dom Guéranger, Founder of Solesmes, on Gaudí

ZENIT Staff

The impact on the architect was definitive. Gaudí was not content with a superficial or sentimental faith; he devoured those texts. Today, as Father Francesc Xavier affirms, no one denies that the Sagrada Familia is directly inspired by the work of Prosper Guéranger: the influence is so profound that the Sagrada Familia is, spiritually, a child of Dom Guéranger.

Pope Leo XIV Meets with Victims of Abuse in Spain

ZENIT Staff

During the conversation, which lasted almost an hour, each of those present, drawing on their own painful personal experiences, offered the Pope proposals for a more effective Church response to these tragic cases.

Neither spiritualizing pain nor downplaying suffering: Pope Leo XIV’s powerful response on depression and mental health to a woman who attempted suicide

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV’s response to a young Catalan woman who attempted suicide due to depression and asked the Holy Father two questions: Where can we see God when the darkness is absolute and we cannot take it anymore? How can we trust in God when it seems that nothing — not even our own life — is worth it?

Florida pastor and abuse crisis skeptic, elected SBC president

Willy Rice, Florida pastor and abuse crisis skeptic, elected SBC president
Religion News Service: Rice’s win is a triumph for critics who argue that the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost its way in recent years.

 

After DOGE cuts, State Department awards $240M to Catholic international aid group
Religion News Service: Before last year’s USAID cuts, federal funding supported about half of CRS’ $1.5 billion budget, making the new grant a fraction of the support the agency once received from the government.

 

Christian leaders in Lebanese city of Tyre call for quick international action after Israeli warning
The Associated Press: Christian religious leaders from Lebanon’s southern port city of Tyre on Tuesday called on the international community and Lebanese officials to act quickly to prevent Israel from attacking the city’s Christian district. Airstrikes on nearby neighborhoods killed eight people and wounded dozens of others, officials said.

 

A religious hospital denied her a life-saving drug during an ectopic pregnancy. She lost her fertility
The Guardian: Harmonie Perrone, 28, is suing Advocate Good Shepherd in Illinois, where reproductive rights are enshrined in law.

 

‘A place of legend’: The ancient engineering marvels of the world's tallest church*
BBC: 100 years on from Gaudí's death, Pope Leo XIV is visiting Sagrada Família as the central pinnacle of the church — the Tower of Jesus Christ — is inaugurated.