Headlines for June 20, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Archbishop Vigano, charged with schism, defiant
 Russia’s absence limited Ukraine peace conference: Cardinal Parolin
 Spanish newspaper: Jesuits covered up crimes of priest who abused more than 100 girls
 USCCB committee chairman warns against political violence
 Members of Council of Cardinals hear presentations from women
 Canadian Catholic hospital faces suit for refusing euthanasia
 Pope meets leaders of World Lutheran Federation
 Vatican advances six candidates toward beatification
 Pope encourages research on origin of universe
 Dueling federal court rulings on EEOC abortion mandate
 Papal appeal for fraternal openness to refugees
 Wives, mothers of Ukrainian POWs meet with Pontiff
 3 young Buenos Aires priests named bishops

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Memorial of Sts. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs

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Today is the Memorial of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions (d. 1886), the companions numbering twenty-one other Ugandan martyrs. They are the first martyrs of Sub-Saharan Africa and true witnesses of the Christian faith. Charles Lwanga, a catechist and a young leader, was martyred in 1886 with a group of…

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