Headlines for May 17, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope encourages French youth to build on the heritage of holiness
 The past should be source of inspiration, not the destination, Pope tells moral theologians
 Pope to aviators: ‘May the skies always only be skies of peace’
 Cardinal Parolin: reform of Curia fulfills major aim of pontificate
 Vatican envoy, local Church leaders slam Israeli police’s use of force at reporter’s funeral
 Former German diocesan leader forsakes Catholicism
 Vatican no. 2 says giving Ukraine weapons legitimate, with conditions
 Cathedral attacked in Nigeria after arrests over ‘blasphemy’ killing
 Vatican cardinal lauds late Cardinal Martini as a ‘prophet’
 Arrest of ‘stubborn about justice’ Cardinal Zen divides Hong Kong’s Catholics
 Federal court blocks Alabama law against gender ‘transitioning medications’
 US bishops call for ‘honest dialogue’ on racism following shootings
 Caritas says it has assisted nearly 1.5 million displaced Ukrainians
 Bishop pays tribute to tolerance of late Emirates leader

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Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Albert the Great, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

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Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great (c. 1200-1280), son of a German nobleman. While studying at Padua when the Master General of the Dominicans, Jordan of Saxony, succeeded in attracting him to that Order. He was to become one of its greatest glories. After taking his…

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