LOOP POPE WATCH: Rubio meets with Cardinal Parolin

SATURDAY, MAY 17 - POPE WATCH RUBIO TALKS PEACE WITH VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met at the Vatican today with Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and several other Church leaders, speaking in part about efforts to end the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Holy Land. READ POPE CALLS FOR APPLICATION OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING  "In our day, there is a widespread thirst for justice, a desire for authentic fatherhood and motherhood, a profound longing for spirituality, especially among young people and the marginalized, who do not always find effective means of making their needs known," Pope Leo XIV said today in an address to members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice (CAPP) Foundation. "There is a growing demand for the Church's social doctrine, to which we need to respond."  READ PARISHIONERS SHARE MEMORY OF DEACON PREVOST (NOW POPE LEO)  "The first time I met him, a friend of mine who was one of my coworkers and I got together, and said, 'That's a holy man,'" says Janet Guensche, a longtime parishioner at the Michigan parish where, about 44 years before he was elected Pope, the now-Holy Father was ordained a deacon. "We knew it from the first time we met him."  READ SHARE THE BEST SOURCE FOR POPE'S INAUGURAL MASS TOMORROW  With Pope Leo XIV's official installation and inaugural public Mass coming tomorrow, make sure all your friends get the most out of our on-the-ground reporting and analysis by forwarding this edition of the LOOP to them or inviting them to sign up at CatholicVote.org/GetLOOP. STAY IN THE LOOP Paid for by CatholicVote Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) organization. Update your email preferences or unsubscribe here. CATHOLICVOTE  |  PO Box 3310  |  Carmel, IN 46082  |  (317) 669-6127