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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 9, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV, speaking in his Pentecost homily, said the Holy Spirit "breaks down barriers and tears down the walls of indifference and hatred." Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles is calling for prayer, while urging "restraint and calm" as clashes have broken out in that city over recent immigration arrests, with President Donald Trump federalizing the National Guard to address the protests. Vatican News has begun removing from its website artwork by Father Marko Rupnik, the once-renowned mosaicist now accused of abusing over two dozen women and at least one man. Pope Leo underlined the connection between the mission of the Church and Mary as Mother of the Church, with conformity to Christ at the center of both. Observers say Pope Leo's Augustinian identity, shaped by decades of missionary work in Peru and community life within the order, will define his papacy. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Pope Leo on Pentecost
https://www.osvnews.com/pope-on-pentecost-gods-love-breaks-down-walls-opens-borders-dispels-hatred/

Full text of Pope Leo's Pentecost Homily
https://www.osvnews.com/full-text-pope-leo-xiv-homily-for-pentecost/

Archbishop Gomez on LA ICE Protests
https://www.osvnews.com/la-archbishop-calls-for-prayer-restraint-reform-amid-immigration-protests/

Vatican News and Rupnik Art
https://www.osvnews.com/father-rupniks-mosaics-disappear-from-vatican-news/