Headlines for June 29, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion restrictions
 In Germany, Church sees record drop in membership
 Pope moves against Polish bishop accused of hiding predators
 Leading German bishop says Pope appreciates ‘synodal way’
 ‘There is no true love without the cross,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Italian financier sues Vatican on London real-estate deal
 Pope blesses pallia: sign of unity for metropolitan archbishops
 Papal peace appeal for war-ravaged Syria
 ‘In almost every instance we failed this courageous man,’ prelate says of victim of abuse by former bishop
 Papal prayer for Yemen, Ukraine
 Pope sends greetings to Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople
 Uruguay: bishops oppose effort to legalize euthanasia
 Quadriplegic CO19 patient starved by Texas doctor because of his disability
 Victorian MP urges inquiry into Cardinal Pell investigation
 Cardinal Dolan warns against destruction of historical memory
 The Syro-Malabar Church: Vibrant and targeted
 Cardinal to dedicate North Korean diocese to Our Lady of Fatima
 Protesters clash over statue of St. Louis’ namesake
 Thai officials to reopen case of murdered Karen Christian activist
 Catholic University of America faces shortfall of at least $25M
 Detroit archdiocese fires parish music director in same-sex marriage

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Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret, Bishop

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Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret (1807-1870), bishop, the founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Anthony Mary Claret died in the Cistercian monastery at Fontfroide in France on this date in 1870. He was canonized in 1950 and listed in the…

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