Friday June 12th 2026 Established 1905 27 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown, Guyana Year 121, No. 22
Pope Leo’s Corpus Christi Mass and procession in Spain draw 1.2 million MADRID (OSV News) — More than 1.2 million people filled the streets of Madrid as Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass and led a Eucharistic procession through the heart of the Spanish capital June 7 for the solemnity of Corpus Christi, the liturgical feast celebrating the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. “We are gathered around the Eucharist, the gift of Christ’s living presence among us. He who wished to offer us his life so that we might enter into communion with the Father and become his children, is here as the living Bread come down from heaven, to nourish us with the very life of God, with a love stronger than death,” Pope Leo said in his homily. “Just as Christ gives himself as food in the Eucharistic celebration, the procession shows that he is not confined to the church, but comes out to meet us,” he added. “Jesus travels the streets, crosses the squares and visits our neighborhoods, dwelling in the settings of our daily lives.”
Eucharistic grace to transform people’s lives
‘Be human as Christ is,’ Pope Leo XIV tells half a million youth in Madrid - p2 Pope blesses tower of world’s tallest church - p3 A Christian Perspective on Social Issues - p4 Sunday Scripture - p5 Pope to Charismatic Renewal: Let Spirit lead you to communion, charity, mission - p6 Becoming ‘detectors of grace’ - p7 At Tenerife, Pope Leo urges traffickers to stop and repent, or face divine justice - p8 Children’s Page - p9 First Communion at Hague - p10 Growing in Grace Week 87 - p10 Faith in Practice Week 18 - p11 Pope’s return flight to Rome delayed by mechanical problems - p12 Lego announces new set designed after Spain’s Sagrada Família basilica - p12 Sacred Heart Church celebrates Feast Day - p14 Pope Leo XIV carries the monstrance as he leads the Corpus Christi procession at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid June 7, 2026, during his apostolic journey to Spain. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) The pope offered Mass in the Plaza de Cibeles, the city’s iconic neoclassical fountain square where several of Madrid’s grand avenues converge, before leading the Corpus Christi procession that wound nearly a mile and a half
through streets adorned with elaborate floral carpets crafted by local artisans from more than 30,000 carnations. Children who recently received the sacrament of First Communion scattered flower (please turn to p13)
Bishop’s Engagements Sunday June 14th 13:00hrs – Mass of Christian Burial for Bishop Emeritus Wilhelmus De Bekker at St. Peter and Paul Basilica, Paramaribo. Monday June 15th 16:00hrs – Return from Suriname. Wednesday June 17th 9:00hrs – Presbyteral Council Meeting (Hybrid) Thursday June 18th 17:00hrs – Conference on Theology in the Caribbean Today (CTCT) Meeting Saturday June 20th 16:00hrs – Marian Academy Graduation Ceremony Sunday June 21st 9:00hrs - Conference on Theology in the Caribbean Today (CTCT) Visit
Last Sunday June 7th – Corpus Christi – children of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception received their First Holy Communion at the Central Cluster’s Joint Mass at Sacred Heart church, Main St, Georgetown.
Francis Alleyne OSB