Headlines for May 13, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Do not interfere in China’s internal affairs, government spokesman says after Cardinal Zen’s arrest
 Vatican announces that Pope Francis will visit Canada in July
 German bishops’ leader responds to American critic of Synodal Path
 Pope lauds Catholic-Anglican dialogue
 Philippine bishops warn against election protests
 Archbishop Roche: Vatican is preparing document on liturgical formation
 Russian government pressing religious leaders to support Ukraine war
 US government finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far
 USCCB laments Cardinal Zen’s arrest
 Brazilian bishop forbids parishes from accepting aid from those damaging Amazon
 Rohingya Christians seek police protection in world’s largest refugee camp
 Ecumenical Patriarch, in Saudi Arabia, emphasizes peacemaking, ecology
 Italian nun elected president of superiors’ confederation

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Today is Ember Wednesday, the beginning of the Spring or Lent Embertide. There are two principal objects for the Ember Days of this period of the year: the first is to offer to God the season of Spring, and, by fasting and…

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