Headlines for June 11, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican sets term limits for leaders of lay associations
 Woman in financial scandal wants Vatican to prosecute or drop case
 Pope renews warnings against rigid priests, clericalism
 Korean bishop to head Vatican Congregation for Clergy
 EU human rights court criticizes Lithuanian lawmakers for considering bishops’ statement during deliberations
 Canadian bishops, indigenous delegation to visit Rome, meet with Pope
 Expunge Sharia from nation’s Constitution, Nigeria’s bishops urge
 Eritrea’s bishops demand return of Catholic schools, clinics
 Missouri’s Down-Syndrome abortion law blocked
 Chicago archdiocese relaxes Covid protocols
 In Bangladesh, Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians say no to Islam as state religion
 Australian priest acknowledges stealing $500,000 from parish
 Baptism violates children’s rights, former Irish president says
 World Day of Prayer for Sanctification of Priests emboldens priests to embrace the cross, USCCB chairman says

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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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