Headlines for June 04, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Papal encouragement for Italian Christian Workers’ Associations
 Parents are ‘protagonists and primary architects’ of children’s education, Pope writes
 Pope encourages homosexual rejected from seminary
 Over 1 million attend celebration for feast of Ugandan martyrs
 Hong Kong cardinal urges forgiveness for Tienanmen Square massacre
 Christians will not vote in contested Syrian elections, prelate says
 Israeli Christians feel pinch as war discourages pilgrimages
 Italian newspaper’s leaders meet with Pope, discuss Ukraine
 Slovak president meets with Pontiff
 Africans quit United Methodist Church over same-sex marriage
 Journalist explores new DDF members’ views on homosexuality
 Struggle for justice for Aboriginal peoples, Australian bishops’ conference urges
 Cardinal Felix dies at 91
 Leading Syrian Orthodox prelate visits Vatican

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Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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Today is the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Sacred Scripture celebrated the beauty of Carmel where the prophet Elijah defended the purity of Israel's faith in the living God. In the twelfth century, hermits withdrew to that mountain and later founded the Carmelite order devoted to the…

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