Headlines for May 14, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Leading Vatican official projects 25%-45% revenue decline
 Holy Land’s Christian leaders voice concern about Israel’s planned annexation of West Bank land
 Pope encourages devotion to Our Lady of Fatima
 Special papal gift to suffering Lebanon
 Abiding in Jesus enables us to bear great fruit, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Prime minister thanks Pope Francis for standing by the Armenian people
 English bishops’ adviser was gay-rights activist?
 Muslims attack Protestant church in Pakistan
 Sacramental marriages cannot take place online, Singapore archdiocese advises
 New York governor, in executive order, extends window on Child Victims Act due to pandemic
 Liberian bishops warn against political repression during CO19 lockdown
 US bishops express solidarity with native, indigenous communities during pandemic
 Students have a fundamental right to basic minimum education, federal appeals court rules
 Bolivia’s bishops call for ‘clean and transparent elections’
 Employee sues Diocese of Saginaw, claiming retaliation for reporting sex-abuse complaint
 ‘Virginia Values Act’ could make state a hotbed for LGBTQ litigation against employers
 +Archbishop Manuel Vieira Pinto, 96

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Thursday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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