Headlines for June 17, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 NATO leader dismisses Pope’s comments on Ukraine
 Myanmar army burns down Catholic church
 Italian parish holds ‘Mass of Thanksgiving’ for same-sex union
 GOP lawmakers urge action against attacks on pro-life centers
 Belief in God declining in America
 Pope says Buddhists, Christians should work together
 Pelosi affirms Catholicism, support for abotion
 Ukraine’s Donetsk bishop: ‘We stay with our people, even as bombs fall’
 Cardinal Gambetti on Corpus Christi: ‘Give of yourselves like Jesus did’
 US abortions increase by nearly 70,000 in 3 years, reversing long-term decline
 Synagogue sues Florida, saying abortion restrictions violate religious freedom
 New Franciscan superior in Germany is openly gay, backs women’s ordination
 Poland: 10 nuns beatified, martyrs of wartime violence
 California bishops oppose move to ‘enshrine’ abortion in state constitution
 Kenyan bishops express alarm at potential for election fraud
 Sexual abuse in focus as leading Slovenian bishops visit Vatican

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Wednesday 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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