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Italy’s Catholic bishops are uniting in prayer, for the victims of a cable car crash, in Northern Italy on Sunday. A cable snapped while carrying passengers up a mountain, killing 14 people. The accident happened one day after Italy reopened ski lifts and cable cars, after months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you feel trapped by loneliness, despair, or pain, open yourself to the Holy Spirit. That was the message of Pope Francis on Sunday, in his homily for Pentecost. The pope said the Holy Spirit offers true consolation.
Pope Francis has asked for prayers for Christians in China today, as they celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Sheshan. Chinese Catholics celebrate the feast at a national Marian shrine, located about 25 miles south of Shanghai.
The Dominican Order is celebrating a jubilee year, in honor of the anniversary of the death of their founder, Saint Dominic. The saint died 800 years ago, in 1221. Pope Francis praised the Dominican charisms of preaching and missionary discipleship, in a letter celebrating the jubilee.
Today is the Feast of the Ascension of Christ into heaven. The Ascension is described in the Gospels of Mark and Luke, and the Acts of the Apostles.