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Pope Leo Prays for China, Mideast Christians on Pentecost Sunday

Pope Leo XIV calls for unity and peace for Chinese Catholics and asks prayers for Christians suffering from war in the Holy Land, Lebanon and the Middle East.

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Pope Leo XIV prayed for China on Sunday, remembering the victims of a deadly explosion in a coal mine and asking believers around the world to join him in praying especially for the Catholic faithful of the country. The pontiff made his appeal in remarks following the traditional Regina Coeli prayer on Pentecost Sunday, which this year coincided with the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, which Benedict XVI instituted in 2007. May 24 is the …

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Today, Sunday of Pentecost, the pope recalled the shrine of Sheshan, Shanghai, on the Day for the Church in China. The invitation to prayer for Chinese Catholics as a sign of "communion with the universal Church." The remembrance of Christian communities in the Middle East. Commentary on the Gospel: "Spirit opens the doors of the Church to be hospitable to all."

Pope Leo XIV invoked this Sunday the “eternal peace” for the victims of the mining accident that occurred last Friday in the Chinese province of Shanxi, which has so far caused 82 deaths. After the prayer of Regina Coeli, the prayer that replaces the Angelus during Easter time, the pontiff recalled that this Sunday the Church celebrates the Day of Prayer for the Church in China. Let us join our prayer to that of Chinese Catholics, as a sign of o…

The Pope entrusted to Mary the Christian communities in the Holy Land, Lebanon, and throughout the Middle East suffering from war. He greeted a group of people with disabilities who had arrived from Poland.

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La Croix broke the news on Sunday, May 24, 2026.
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