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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Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Ember Saturday

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Joan of Arc (1412-1431), the patron saint of France. In her day, the English were allied with the Burgundians in a war against the rest of France. Joan was compelled by voices of her favorite saints to take up arms in defence of her country. Dressed in a suit…

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