Headlines for May 09, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Hear and follow the Lord, our Good Shepherd, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope again rips liturgical traditionalists
 Moneyval praises Holy See’s efforts against money laundering, but raises ‘red flag’
 Pope’s health problems endanger Lebanon trip?
 Pope huddles with leaders of Roman Curia
 Pope sends friendly note to gay Catholics
 10 priests from Baoding’s underground church disappear in the hands of police
 Cardinal Pell questions ‘incomplete’ evidence from Becciu to Vatican court
 Ukrainian Orthodox leader appeals to Putin
 Masses disrupted in Los Angeles, New York; pro-life organization’s headquarters burned down
 Bishop concerned about Chinese military presence in Solomon Islands
 Albania’s Grand Mufti meets with Pope
 ‘Do not forget the tragedy of Cabo Delgado,’ bishop pleads
 Cardinal Parolin extends Vatican’s Covid vaccine mandate
 Maronite bishops demand peaceful election conditions
 1st US diocesan synod results speak of need to reach youth, marginalized

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Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhlūf, Priest

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The Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlūf (1828-1868) is celebrated today. He was a Lebanese monk, born in a small mountain village and ordained in 1858. Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he spent the last twenty-three years of his life as a hermit. Despite temptations to wealth and comfort, Saint…

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