With their spiritual enthusiasm and vitality, [migrants] can help revitalize ecclesial communities that have become rigid and ...

The presence of Catholic migrants and refugees “should be recognized and appreciated as a true divine blessing,” he wrote.

The claim was rooted in a real event — in June 2025, San Diego priests attended immigration court to support migrants on World Refugee Day.

On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV urged “an immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip. Not long before, an Israeli strike had hit Gaza’s ...