Headlines for July 12, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope hopes for ‘faithful’ and ‘creative’ interpretation of Lord’s intentions for women and ministry
 Pope Francis: ‘Our world’s problem is not the number of children born into it’
 Americans favor IVF, but also favor protection for fetus
 Sostituto makes official visit to Honduras, a week after admitting he approved false invoice
 Philippines: bishops caution against accepting divorce
 Vatican newspaper rues Europe’s demographic winter
 Uzbek law would punish parents for religious education of children
 Holy See calls for shared international commitment to help African nations ‘build resilience’
 Vatican completes podcast series on Pius XII and the Holocaust
 USCCB awarded over $2.1M to Church in Africa in 2023
 Pope to celebrate Vespers at Santa Maria Maggiore

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Easter

Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Christopher Magallanes, Priest & Martyr, & His Companions, Martyrs

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes (1869-1927). Christopher was joined in martyrdom by twenty-one diocesan priests and three devout laymen, all members of the Cristeros movement, who rose up in rebellion against the anti-Catholic Mexican government during the 1920s. Having erected…

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