Headlines for June 26, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Exclusive: Archbishop Vigano answers criticism
 Abuse scandal cost another $323M in 2019
 New York court overturns tight restrictions on religious services
 Irish archbishop presses government on re-opening churches
 Catholic Charities leader says Church is racist
 Church in Colombia near bankruptcy, archbishop warns
 Holy See diplomat deplores racism
 Vatican spokesman defends Vatican II document on religious liberty
 Pope prays for victims of earthquake in Mexico
 In Pakistan, police beat, torture Christian who gives food to the poor
 Archbishop Paglia: Healthcare systems must be rethought and reformed
 Pro-life laws advance in Iowa, Mississippi, Tennessee
 Argentine archbishop sees crises of relativism, secularization
 Global divide on homosexuality persists
 Strong opposition by Catholic Charities to Trump administration’s asylum changes
 Vandals deface image of Poland’s Black Madonna in Dutch city
 Seoul’s cardinal calls for forgiveness, peace on Korean War anniversary
 Executive order encourages state cooperation with faith-based child welfare agencies
 President of German Catholic Women’s Federation confirms support for Planned Parenthood
 Papal donation of needed CO19 test kits to Gaza Strip

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Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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Today is the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Sacred Scripture celebrated the beauty of Carmel where the prophet Elijah defended the purity of Israel's faith in the living God. In the twelfth century, hermits withdrew to that mountain and later founded the Carmelite order devoted to the…

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