Headlines for May 14, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Four killed in new attack on Catholic church in Burkina Faso
 Nicaraguan bishop decries intransigence of Ortega regime
 Attack on Catholic parish in Niger, near Burkina Faso border
 Chilean bishop says Pope’s criticism created ‘painful,’ ‘unfair’ image
 New Ukrainian Orthodox leader breaks with old Patriarch, moves closer to Catholics
 Church leaders call for ‘courageous leadership’ in Northern Ireland
 Sicilian archdiocese sues lay movement in abuse case
 In Russia, 159 known ‘anti-missionary’ prosecutions in 2018
 Commission urges Trump administration to raise religious freedom in China trade talks
 Key official discusses upcoming Amazon synod
 Vatican spokesman explains Pope’s Medjugorje pilgrimage approval
 In Orissa, Christian imprisoned since 2008 for swami’s killing released
 In Egypt, Coptic Orthodox priest killed by a Christian guard
 5,000 march for life in Westminster
 Exorcists see ecumenical agenda in fighting ‘voluntary possession’
 New Jersey extends statute of limitations, allows sex abuse victims much more time to sue
 In new book, Bishop Barron urges Catholics not to quit over scandals, but stay and fight

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Memorial of Sts. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs

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Today is the Memorial of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions (d. 1886), the companions numbering twenty-one other Ugandan martyrs. They are the first martyrs of Sub-Saharan Africa and true witnesses of the Christian faith. Charles Lwanga, a catechist and a young leader, was martyred in 1886 with a group of…

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