Headlines for May 22, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 ‘Wherever you are, invoke the Father’: Pope concludes weekly audiences on the Lord’s Prayer
 Indian police investigating Cardinal Gracias on abuse cover-up charge
 Christians bear life’s burdens without losing peace, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Amazon synod’s working document approved
 Pontifical council, World Council of Churches issue joint document on education for peace
 US withdrawal will leave power vacuum, Iraqi archbishop warns
 New attitudes, rather than planning, will reinvigorate Church in Italy, leading prelate says
 Brazilian bishop accused of theft, covering up abuse resigns
 Vatican diplomat urges US, Russia not to abandon nuclear treaty
 Holy Land bishops: Mutual respect, not international diplomacy, offers a true path to peace
 Anglican-Catholic dialogue turns to ethical teaching
 Mexican bishops deplore murder of 2 young people in front of church
 Congolese priest murdered in Mozambique
 Spanish nun beheaded in Central African Republic
 As Church in Thailand marks 350th anniversary, Vatican cardinal urges faithful to be missionary disciples
 Caritas leaders gather to discuss ‘one human family, one common home’
 As Ramadan ends, Coptic communities distribute food to poor Muslims

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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA)

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Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for…

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