Ep 213 - Good News Friday: The World's Tallest Church Is Finally Completed and USA is Consecrated

Pope Leo XIV stood inside the Sagrada Família in Barcelona on the 100th anniversary of Antoni Gaudí's death and blessed the Tower of Jesus Christ — making it the tallest Catholic church in the world at 566 feet. A church that took 144 years to build and was born from the vision of a man who died in 1926 looking like a beggar on the street after being hit by a tram on his way to daily Mass. The next day, the Pope traveled to the Canary Islands and stood at the port known as the Dock of Shame — where thousands of migrants from West Africa have died trying to cross the Atlantic. He threw a bouquet of flowers into the sea in silence for the dead and said what every human heart already knows: human dignity has no passport.On June 11th, 250 bishops of the United States knelt in Orlando and formally consecrated this nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The relics of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French nun to whom Jesus first revealed devotion to his Sacred Heart, were flown from Paris specifically to be in that room. Corpus Christi Sunday sent Catholics into the streets around the world carrying Jesus through neighborhoods, past flower-draped balconies, continuing a tradition that is now 800 years old.And June 13th was the feast of Saint Anthony of Padua; the patron of lost things, yes, but more importantly, the patron of lost souls. He has been finding them for 800 years. He is not done. If you know someone who has walked away from the faith, pray to Saint Anthony for them today.📚 Further Reading:Sagrada Família blessing — Pope Leo XIV, June 10th, 2026 | Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.vaPope at the Dock of Shame, Canary Islands | Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.vaU.S. Bishops Consecration to the Sacred Heart, June 11th, 2026 | USCCB https://www.usccb.orgNational Eucharistic Pilgrimage 2026 — route and updates https://www.eucharisticpilgrimage.orgCalled by Name initiative — Diocese of Nottingham, England https://www.nottinghamdiocese.org.ukMen's Silent Retreat — July 18th, Franciscan Life Process Center, Lowell, MI Link in show notes — contact [email protected] supporting the podcast on our Buy Me a Coffee page to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible!Subscribe to our YouTube pageCheck out our websiteGet delicious coffee from Mystic Monk CoffeeDownload TAN Digital to access the incredible TAN Library! Use code 'MANLYCATHOLIC' to get 50% OFF your subscription!