Headlines for June 11, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Under olive tree planted as sign of peace, Pope begs God to help Holy Land
 Harmony, communion, joy: Pope encourages church choirs
 Vatican tightens press access to Pope’s statements
 Family, hope, peace: papal address to new ambassadors
 Treasure the ocean, Pope urges in message
 Vatican letter asks priests to turn to the Sacred Heart for emotional maturity
 Polish bishops weigh in on public debate on abortion
 Cardinals Müller, Schönborn: women cannot be ordained
 Another Nigerian priest kidnapped, then freed
 Turkish bishops consecrate Church, nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
 ‘Called to the fullness of dignity’ is theme of US bishops’ Religious Freedom Week
 Pontifical academy holds conference on religion and neuroscience
 Romanian Orthodox Church declares year of pastoral care for the sick

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December 22, O King of the Nations (O Rex Gentium)

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Today is the Sixth of the O Antiphons, O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations). "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return" (Luke 19:12). This nobleman is Christ, the Son of God, King of all nations. His kingdom is over all men and over all things, both…

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