Headlines for June 20, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 New massacre in Nigeria: two churches attacked
 Bring the Eucharist to everyday life, Pope tells Sunday audience
 Theologians must find new ways to express, share the faith, Pope says
 Bishops warn that Sri Lanka is close to the worst tragedy in its history
 Vatican cardinal cancels election of new leader for Communion and Liberation movement
 EU bishops affirm Ukrainian right to self-defense, call for expanded EU peacemaking efforts
 German governor, Pope Francis discuss Ukraine, Synodal Way
 Pope encourages Melkites to reflect on synodality
 Vatican coin commemorates Covid vaccine
 ‘Ukraine is on fire,’ Major Archbishop warns
 27 Spanish Dominican martyrs beatified
 Synod of Bishops releases 53-page document on spirituality of synodality
 In Nigeria, gunmen kidnap priest, demand ransom
 Man paralyzed 12 years ago becomes Italy’s 1st assisted suicide victim
 Human rights organization calls on Malta to legalize abortion
 Canada: Mounties arrest priest for assault at school
 South African Presbyterian to lead World Council of Churches
 Indian bishop faces criticism for outreach to Hindu nationalists

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Dominic (1170-1221). At the end of the twelfth century the Church in France was ravaged by the Albigensian heresy, a doctrine which was not only entirely unchristian but which, in addition, constituted a social evil. Effective measures were required to be…

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