The Week in Review: Ceuta, traditional Mass, church attacks and more

From the migrant influx in Ceuta to attacks on churches in France and developments in the US, here are the major Catholic stories from the week.

Migrants pour into Ceuta

This week, Europe reeled from the shock of Ceuta. Millions of people online watched footage of more than 60,000 migrants pouring into the Spanish exclave. The reaction was particularly pronounced in Ceuta, where the number of migrants who arrived was equivalent to around 70 per cent of the city’s population of 84,000.

Following Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Leo XIV said he was following the situation with concern and asked for the intercession of Our Lady of Africa that “solutions of peace, stability, and justice may be found”.