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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Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

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Today the Church universally celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (d. 64-67). This is a holyday of obligation in some countries. Veneration of the two great Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, has its roots in the very foundations of the Church. They are the solid rock on which the…

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