Headlines for June 18, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Welcome the seed of God’s Word, and be generous sowers, Pope tells pilgrims
 The environment should be ‘at the center of your attention,’ Pope tells CEOs
 Papal appeal for end to Congo violence that has produced ‘many’ Christian martyrs
 US bishops win partial victory in suit to block Biden abortion rule
 Papal tweet deplores ‘poisonous’ culture that discards the elderly
 ‘Do not look at your navel,’ Pope tells Communion and Liberation leader
 Holy See calls for urgent climate action and migrant protection
 Argentine archbishop decries political chants during Mass
 Spanish nuns face excommunication for schism
 Another Nigerian priest kidnapped
 Another papal meeting with Argentine political figure
 Archbishop Paglia pays tribute to Jérôme Lejeune, discusses Pontifical Academy for Life’s ‘new phase’
 Vatican prelate says Church should be voice of voiceless refugees
 World Food Program director meets with Pontiff
 Ukrainian Catholic leader travels to Kharkiv, appeals for international assistance
 Leading Italian prelate makes solidarity visit to Holy Land

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Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Ember Saturday

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Joan of Arc (1412-1431), the patron saint of France. In her day, the English were allied with the Burgundians in a war against the rest of France. Joan was compelled by voices of her favorite saints to take up arms in defence of her country. Dressed in a suit…

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