Headlines for June 24, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Archbishop Gänswein named apostolic nuncio to 3 Baltic nations
 Vatican prefect doubles down in defense of use of Rupnik’s art
 Pope, at Angelus audience, prays for peace
 Syro-Malabar bishops at odds as liturgical dispute continues
 Catholic health system agrees to allow ‘necessary’ abortions
 Rome, Beijing agree on prelate to head Hangzhou archdiocese
 Spanish nuns excommunicated after renouncing Pope’s authority
 Papal book preface pays tribute to Father Giacomo Tantardini
 Step out of comfort zones and reach out to needy, Pope advises
 Foster good relations with Muslims and the government, Pope tells Guinea’s bishops
 Church leaders in Jerusalem protest taxes on church properties
 Vatican diplomat decries small arms, light weapons
 Another Nigerian priest kidnapped
 Vatican foundation president calls for global authority to regulate AI
 Cardinal Parolin on Archbishop Viganò: ‘I don’t know what happened’
 European bishops’ council moves headquarters to Rome
 International safeguarding conference examines abuse of the disabled
 Vatican newspaper laments Haitians’ plight

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Monday of the Third Week of Lent; Opt. Mem. of St. Frances of Rome, Religious

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The Liturgy today is concerned with Baptism. Water by itself cannot cleanse leprosy; but God can use it to do so. If God can cleanse the leprosy of the body with water there is no reason why he cannot use it to wash leprosy of soul. The second point which the Liturgy intends to bring home to us is that God’s…

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