Headlines for May 06, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Becciu, at Vatican trial, testifies that Pope OK’d spending 1M euros to free kidnapped nun
 Cardinal Pell skeptical of Archbishop Becciu’s defense
 Christian witness impossible without ecumenism, Pope argues
 Poll shows most Americans favor abortion restrictions
 Brazil’s bishops call for urgent change of course
 New Swiss Guard recruits greeted by Pontiff
 Priest in Nigeria released 40 days after abduction
 California bishops ask Supreme Court to review case challenging statute of limitations
 Pope Francis merges 4 foundations into new Vatican hospitality body
 Russian Catholic prelate keeps hoping for peace
 Cardinal Ranjith: German bishops’ Synodal Path is unacceptable
 Jesuits suspend prominent Chilean priest pending abuse investigation
 Colorado parish defaced with pro-abortion graffiti for 2nd time in 7 months
 Catholic is only candidate in Hong Kong chief executive election
 Swiss president meets with Pope
 President Biden issues National Day of Prayer proclamation
 English cathedral dean commits suicide following abuse allegation

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Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs

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The Church commemorates the Optional Memorial of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong (1746-1815). He was a Chinese diocesan priest who was martyred with his 119 other Chinese Catholics. Among their number was an eighteen-year-old boy, Chi Zhuzi, who cried out to those who had just cut off his right arm and were…

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