Headlines for May 18, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 UK emphasizes: No house of worship may reopen without government permission
 Pope Francis: As churches reopen, heed civil authorities’ health directives
 At Regina Caeli address, Pope reflects on observance of the commandments, promise of the Holy Spirit
 Ecuador: pro-lifers protest UN epidemic-aid package that promotes abortion
 ‘The only medicine against worldliness is Christ’: papal homily
 Pope renews warning against rigidity
 Laudato Sì Week: papal encouragement for care of creation
 St. Faustina’s feast day inscribed in General Roman Calendar
 Poland’s bishops issue letter for 100th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s birth
 Cardinal Turkson outlines work of Vatican’s CO19 commission
 Montenegro: Serbian clerics released after being jailed for prayer service
 Federal judge upholds Louisiana limits on church services; pastor released from house arrest
 Federal judge blocks North Carolina governor’s restrictions on religious services
 Angelicum launches St. John Paul II Institute of Culture; papal letter
 Indian bishop seeks approval to live as hermit
 With dozens of babies stranded in Ukraine, bishops call for an end to surrogacy
 Stalin, Putin removed from mosaics of new Russian Orthodox church

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Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Today is the Memorial of St. Bonaventure (1221-1274), who was born in Italy in 1221. He joined the Franciscan Order and went to Paris for his studies. He was made General of his Order and deserves to be reckoned its second founder for his work in consolidating an institution that was as yet ill-defined in…

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