Headlines for July 12, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope Francis leads Angelus from hospital balcony
 Pope calls for an end to the spiral of violence in Haiti
 Pope’s hospital stay extended
 Former Vatican finance overseer doubled as consultant to Secretariat of State
 Catholic church goes up in flames in northern Alberta
 Christians lead pro-democracy rallies in Cuba
 Pope plans to attend UN climate-change conference in November
 Family loses appeal in lawsuit over priest’s funeral remarks
 Jihadists attack Christians in Niger
 Kidnapped Maiduguri priest regains freedom
 Lebanon’s delicate religious balance at risk amid ongoing crisis
 In India, a tribal Christian joins the Modi cabinet
 Appeals court: Chicago parish free to dismiss homosexual music director
 Church demolished by authorities in Delhi
 ‘Institute for the Catechism’ aims to overcome modern challenges to effective catechesis
 Pilgrimages to Holy Land resume as Covid restrictions diminish
 Congo’s Cardinal Monsengwo dead at 81
 Virginia priest-blogger loses Vatican appeal
 Priest slams ‘pitiful’ lack of Catholic fundraising for residential school survivors

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663), who was born at Cupertino, Italy, and died in Osimo. He was of lowly origin and had little formal education. In his youth he was employed as an apprentice to a shoemaker. He joined the Conventual Franciscans as a lay brother but…

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