Headlines for June 21, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Supreme Court strikes down Maine law barring tuition aid for religious schools
 Pope repeats condemnation of nuclear arms
 Vatican newspaper responds to new book on Pius XII and World War II
 Renewed papal appeal for Ukraine
 Pope to international community: ‘Don‘t forget the people of Myanmar’
 Two Jesuit priests killed in Mexico
 Pope pens preface to new book, ‘The Church in the Digital’
 Wild driver near Vatican prompts fears of terror attack
 Firebombed pregnancy-help center faces New York state investigation
 Smaller, more low-key World Meeting of Families begins this week in Rome
 Gunman kills 3 people at Alabama church
 Citing persecution of Church, UN human rights chief decries oppression in Nicaragua
 Tennessee diocese imposes 25% tax on parish funds from federal program
 Archbishop of Canterbury calls Church of England’s slave trade links a ‘source of shame’
 Father Richard Rohr meets with Pope
 Order considering contract with Bill Gates hits back against criticism
 Notorious Australian ex-priest pleads guilty to 13 fresh charges

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663), who was born at Cupertino, Italy, and died in Osimo. He was of lowly origin and had little formal education. In his youth he was employed as an apprentice to a shoemaker. He joined the Conventual Franciscans as a lay brother but…

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