Headlines for July 06, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope Francis ‘in general good condition’ following colon surgery, to remain in hospital for week
 Indigenous leaders call for church arsons in Canada to stop, say fires were likely set by non-indigenous people
 Chile’s bishops offer prayers, social teaching as constitutional convention begins
 Pope urges Syro-Malabar Catholics toward common liturgy
 Saskatchewan bishops revive fundraising campaign for residential school survivors
 Lukashenko threatens Catholic Church over a patriotic song
 Nicaraguan prelates rap government repression
 Parish vandalized in California; suspect arrested
 Father Stan Swamy, Indian Jesuit, dies following 9 months in prison
 Michigan diocese reveals credible evidence against deceased bishop
 Sri Lankan cardinal opposes power plant, citing environmental concerns
 Coptic bishop condemns female circumcision
 Ohio enacts conscience protections for medical personnel and institutions
 Priest kidnapped in Nigeria
 Catholic writer, activist detained for ‘inciting secession’ in China’s Hebei
 Vatican Secretary of State, in Strasbourg, rues Europe’s demographic winter
 USCCB grants $2.5M to Church in Latin America

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The great themes—the annual catechumenate by which all the people of the Church are renewed in the baptismal promises they repeat at the Easter Vigil; the adventure of God in salvation history and in the coming of the Kingdom in the person of Jesus; and the invitation to deeper friendship…

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