Headlines for June 02, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Archbishop Gänswein ordered to leave Rome?
 Pope Francis, in message, invokes Mary as Mediatrix of all graces, warns against ‘sterile traditionalism’
 ‘Let us put a stop to this horror of torture,’ Pope pleads in video
 Fort Worth bishop dismisses Carmelite superior
 Naked man jumps on altar of St. Peter’s Basilica to protest Ukraine war
 New Vatican statistics note ‘downward trend’ in Catholic baptisms worldwide
 Spanish bishops’ abuse report finds that nearly 83% of victims are male
 All mission work is Christ’s work: Cardinal Tagle
 Thousands of European churches open for ‘night of the churches’
 Pope merges 2 Italian dioceses
 Cardinal Farrell to head Vatican City appeals court
 St. Peter’s Basilica opens exhibit on Marian coronations
 Vatican newspaper laments ‘cruel paradox’ of food waste in world of widespread hunger

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Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Sts. Sixtus II, Pope; and Companions, Martyrs; St. Cajetan, Priest

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Today is the Optional Memorial of Sts. Sixtus II and his companions (d. 258). Pope Sixtus II was one of the first victims of the persecution under the Emperor Valerian. Felicissimus and Agapitus were two of his deacons who were executed with him. Sixtus governed the Church from 256 to 258. His name is…

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