Headlines for June 15, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope requires Vatican approval for new lay associations
 Elderly should serve and be served, Pope tells audience
 Vatican foreign minister emphasizes respecting Ukraine’s territorial integrity
 Bishop chairmen plead for peace as attacks on pro-life organizations mount
 New Philippine President Marcos ready to work closely with Church, nuncio says
 Ukrainian Catholic leader deplores Russian torture of civilians
 Pope’s approval rating falls to 52% in Argentina
 Priest killed in Tanzania
 Archbishop of Canterbury lectures African Anglican primates on poverty, environment
 At least 50 civilians killed in suspected jihadist raid on Burkina Faso village
 Australian archbishop criticized for article on ‘modern green religion’
 Bolivian bishops: include religion question in next census
 Vatican announces international summit on sports and inclusion

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Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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