Headlines for May 15, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope favors ‘social economy,’ Cardinal Turkson explains
 Alabama legislature passes tight abortion law
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘Deliver us from evil’
 Pope encourages Jewish-Catholic dialogue
 Pope reiterates closeness to South Sudan
 Pope to return to Assisi in 2020
 Venezuelan bishops document Maduro regime’s repression
 8 sainthood causes advance
 Court orders probe into Indian bishop’s death
 In Myanmar, terror plot against temples and churches thwarted
 Holy See diplomat reiterates promotion and defense of family
 Papal condolences following death of Cardinal Sfeir
 Bangladeshi Catholic journalist arrested for defaming bishop, priests
 Vatican official emphasizes evangelization in address to West Africa’s bishops
 Wall Street Journal editorial: ‘No religious exemptions from vaccines’
 Church marks 350th anniversary of presence in Thailand
 Bishops ban use of plastic bags at major African shrine

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Easter

Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. John I, Pope & Martyr

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of Pope St. John I (d. 526), who was elected Pope in 523. The Arian King Theodoric sent him as his ambassador to Emperor Justin in Constantinople. On John I's return, he was captured by the king, who was displeased at the outcome of the embassy and cast him into…

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