Headlines for June 01, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope strengthens criminal code in canon law
 Fears rising over China’s looming ‘re-education’ of Christians
 US bishops’ pro-life chairman decries President Biden’s removal of Hyde Amendment from federal budget
 Pope concludes month of prayer for pandemic’s end with Rosary in Vatican Gardens
 In brief video, Pope reflects on grace of Sacrament of Matrimony
 Holy See becomes permanent observer at WHO
 In India, priest, 25 others arrested for violating Covid regulations
 Myanmar security forces raid Catholic seminary, kill volunteer
 Canadian bishops express ‘deepest sorrow’ following discovery of buried remains at residential school
 Prelate laments San Jose shooting
 Food for all: Vatican webinar explores ways to reduce global hunger
 Maronite Patriarch says the innocent Lebanese people suffer from the sins of their leaders
 Papal prayer intention for June: the beauty of marriage
 Congo: bishop appeals for support after volcanic eruption
 Cardinal Semeraro discusses work of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

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Memorial of St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Agatha (d. 250), who died in defense of her purity, in Catania, Sicily. After Quintanus, the governor of Sicily, tried in vain to force her to consent to sin, she was imprisoned for a month with an evil woman. He then turned from sensuality to cruelty and had her…

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