Headlines for July 23, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 US bishops’ agency makes $500,000 grant to activist group
 Vatican foreign minister: Religious freedom must be protected
 Greek-Russian talks focus on Hagia Sophia
 New accusation surfaces against McCarrick
 Prelates condemn acts of vandalism, destruction at Catholic sites
 New Russian law would restrict foreign religious leaders
 China-Vatican agreement after 2 years: repression against minors and churches
 23 states sue HHS over new regulations on ‘gender identity,’ ‘termination of pregnancy,’ and sex discrimination
 Local officials must permit religious schools to reopen, Texas AG says
 Cardinal Becciu: 2 martyrs’ beatifications were shelved following abuse allegations
 Church in Germany receives highest ever Church tax income despite record exodus
 Convent outside Detroit loses 13 nuns to CO19
 Zimbabwe: Churches mediate between government and opposition
 Greek Orthodox archbishop grateful for Catholic support of Hagia Sophia day of mourning
 Bishops launch year of intercultural conversations with young adults, ministry leaders
 Planned Parenthood acknowledges ‘racist legacy’ of founder, continues abortions
 Conditions for asylum seekers at US-Mexican border are inhumane, nun writes in op-ed

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Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Agnes (c. 304). St. Agnes, like St. Cecilia, is to be numbered among the most famous martyrs of Rome. When the Diocletian persecution was at its height, and when priests as well as laymen were apostatizing from the faith, Agnes, a girl of twelve, freely chose to die…

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