Headlines for July 16, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope Francis restricts celebration of traditional Latin Mass [News/analysis]
 European Court says Russia violated human rights treaty in refusing to register same-sex unions
 Cuban bishops call for dialogue as island reels from protests
 Connecticut diocese files for bankruptcy
 Uttar Pradesh wants to impose 2-child limit
 Chhattisgarh: police instructed to monitor Christian missionaries
 Pennsylvania bishops lift general dispensation from Sunday Mass obligation
 Employer was wrong to fire researcher critical of gender ideology, British tribunal rules
 Pope ‘deeply affected’ by floods in Germany
 California cathedral unveils $12.6M shrine to Our Lady of La Vang
 Covid takes toll on Catholic clergy in hard-hit countries

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Wednesday of Holy Week is traditionally known as Spy Wednesday, to commemorate the treachery of Judas, who made a bargain with the high priest to betray Jesus for 30 silver pieces (Matt 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:1-6). The reading from the Prophet Isaiah is the third portrayal of the…

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