Over 90,000 pilgrims flocked to Alba de Tormes, Spain, May 11-25, to venerate the incorrupt body of St. Teresa of Ávila -- marking just the third public exposition of her relics since her death on Oct. 4, 1582. #teresaofavila https://www.thefloridacatholic.org/news/world/more-than-90-000-pilgrims-venerate-the-body-of-st-teresa-of-vila/article_e92f782f-1c01-40f5-afdd-9ebea22c2ea0.html (fb)

Five days after the police-involved, Memorial Day murder of George Floyd in 2020, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, knelt in El Paso's Memorial Park amid a group of priests, closed his eyes and prayed. He held a white rose and a sign with simple lettering: Black Lives Matter. A photo of the moment spoke volumes to those seeking solidarity from Catholic leaders amid the national grief, anger and turmoil that followed Floyd's May 25 death amid an arrest for passing a counterfeit $20 by four Minneapolis police officers. Five years later, there is much work still to be done in the church to address the sin of racism, Bishop Seitz and other U.S. Catholic leaders told OSV News. @usccb #racism Diocese of El Paso (fb)