Headlines for July 16, 2021

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 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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Memorial of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Athanasius (295-373), Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying the Godhead of the Word the Arians turned Christ into a mere man, only higher in grace than others in the eyes of…

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