Headlines for May 22, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Confirmed: Pope sending Italian cardinal to Moscow, Kyiv as mediator
 As G7 leaders meet, Pope warns of threat posed by nuclear weapons
 Jesus, who ascended into heaven, intercedes for us before the Father, Pope tells pilgrims
 Papal warning to young people against gossip
 Discover beauty of Christian witness and intercede for others, Pope tells pilgrims from Italian diocese
 Be embraced by Mary’s tender arms, Pope says to Monfort Missionaries
 Foster missionary zeal: papal encouragement to Tanzania’s bishops
 Pope to visit Fatima on trip for World Youth Day in Lisbon
 Justice Gorsuch warns of encroachments on civil liberties
 Italian priest slain by Nazis recognized as martyr; 8 other beatification causes advance
 Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria
 Papal condolences following deadly Italian floods
 Italian abbey marks 900th jubilee year
 Slovenian president meets with Pontiff
 Argentine sheikh meets with Pontiff

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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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