Headlines for June 05, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinal Zuppi, papal envoy, in Kyiv for peace talks
 Pope warns Pontifical Mission Societies of ‘alleged corruption’
 Penitential rite held at St. Peter’s Basilica following desecration of Altar of Confession
 ‘God is a communion of love,’ Pope tells pilgrims on Trinity Sunday
 ‘Love your roots,’ Pope tells pilgrims from hometowns of Saints John XXIII, Paul VI
 Mexican bishops, Pope discuss migration, sociopolitical challenges
 Moscow: no plans yet for papal envoy’s visit
 Climate-change action ‘cannot be postponed,’ Pope says
 Carmelites amend lawsuit against Fort Worth’s Bishop Olson
 Amazonia leaders grateful for papal encouragement
 Confirmed: Pope Francis to make apostolic journey to Mongolia
 Judge rules against protective order for documents in bishop’s defamation case
 Pope Francis denounces ‘lawfare,’ but does he practice it?
 Vatican conference marks CAPP Foundation’s 30th anniversary
 Opus Dei leader meets with Pope
 Scientists from 3 continents named to pontifical academy

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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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