Headlines for May 20, 2024

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 Texas border closing is ‘madness,’ Pope says
 Don’t let discord lead to death, Pope says during journey to Verona
 The Holy Spirit acts with power and gentleness, Pope preaches at Pentecost Mass
 Orthodox Patriarch: Pope will join in Nicea celebrations
 Vatican leaders convened by Pope for Monday meeting
 Meditate on Jesus’ ‘transformative words of love’ every day: papal Regina Caeli address
 Papal encouragement for Loyola-Chicago students
 Orthodox Church cautions on ordination of female deacon
 Vatican announces papal journey to Luxembourg, Belgium
 Holy See: The Church’s freedom is for the good of Vietnamese society
 Papal prayer to the Holy Spirit for harmony, peace
 Justice Department investigating conditions at Catholic migrant facility in Pennsylvania
 Record 18,000 complete Chartres pilgrimage
 Papal envoy attends inauguration of Taiwan’s president
 Pontiff confers the title of Blessed on Guy de Montpellier
 Celebrate Laudato Si’ Week, USCCB urges
 Cardinal Tagle named papal envoy to National Eucharistic Congress

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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation. On November 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption. Thus he solemnly proclaimed that the belief whereby the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the close of her earthly life, was taken up,…

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