Headlines for June 08, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Research raises questions about ‘mass graves’ at Canadian residential school
 5 priests testify at Vatican trial on abuse in minor seminary
 Pope Francis orders review of Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy
 Nicaraguan cardinal asks justice for jailed opposition leader
 Identified: 67 US bishops seeking to table discussion on ‘Eucharistic coherence’
 Archbishop Paglia: look beyond the ‘waning’ Christian era
 USCCB announces planning for ‘national Eucharistic revival’
 Indigenous leaders seek papal apology for Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools
 Leading Southern African bishop responds to Covid vaccine concerns, call on rich nations to ‘stop hoarding’
 Same-sex marriage: Kentucky bishop apologizes to ex-teacher at Philadelphia Catholic school
 New York Times: Most contraceptives are ‘hundreds of times riskier’ than Covid vaccine
 Indiana’s bishops lift dispensation from Mass obligation
 Homage to Cardinal Pell on his 80th birthday
 Karachi archdiocese demands enforcement of law against forced marriages
 Syrian archbishop who did not flee from ISIS dies at 79
 ‘No justice’ in Northern Ireland as man who attacked Catholic building contractor avoids prison

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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA)

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Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for…

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