Headlines for June 30, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Supreme Court victory for religious schools, educational choice
 Vatican prosecutor seizes financial documents at St. Peter’s basilica
 ‘He chose to build his life on Jesus’: Pope Francis reflects on St. Peter
 Italy eases restrictions on distribution of Communion
 Archbishop Cordileone performs exorcism where St. Junípero Serra’s statue was toppled
 Bishops decry Supreme Court abortion decision
 Italian financier defends dealings with Vatican
 Pope to US Catholic journalists: serve diversity & common good
 China cuts Uighur births with IUDs, abortion, sterilization
 150 organizations call for emergency federal aid for Catholic, other private schools
 Brother Alois of Taizé meets with Pope
 Polish group seeks Pope’s action against sex abuse, cover-up
 Scientists confirm Italian crucifix is oldest wooden statue in Europe
 Pandemic is worsening Venezuela’s economic crisis, bishop says
 Catholic advocates denounce Supreme Court’s rejection of federal death penalty appeal
 Papal electric bicycle donation aids charity auction
 ‘Angered’ at Pope Francis, former Irish leader says Catholic teaching on homosexuality is ‘evil’
 Arson attempt against Marian column in Prague
 In Egypt, 2 men sentenced to prison for ‘spreading and promoting’ Shi’a Islam

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