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Pope Francis has announced that his prayer intention for the month of June is families. The choice is fitting, since families from around the world will gather in Rome later this month for the World Meeting of Families on June 22-26. The pope's prayer intention in May was young people. The pope describes the family as “the place where we learn to live with one another, to live with young people and those who are older.” While family love can provide us “a personal path of holiness,” the pope also stressed that “there is no such thing as a perfect family.”

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Bishop David Konderla of Tulsa celebrated a memorial Mass at Saint Francis Hospital Thursday following a mass shooting on the hospital’s campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa police confirmed five casualties of the shooting, including the shooter, which took place June 1 at the Natalie Building, on the south side of the hospital’s campus. During his homily, the bishop stressed hope in the midst of pain. Throughout the Mass, Konderla prayed for the victims and their families. Immediately following the shooting, Konderla, along with several priests and the Religious Sisters of Mercy, were “on site to offer pastoral support to those affected.”

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Visitors to Assisi can once again see Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be beatified in the Catholic Church, dressed in jeans and tennis shoes through a viewing glass on his tomb. Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino removed the panel covering Acutis’ tomb on June 1, reopening it for permanent public veneration. With the lifting of Italy’s former travel restrictions for tourists, many international pilgrims will now have the opportunity to see the young Blessed for the first time. The archbishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino said that he hopes that all who come to pray at the tomb will “open themselves to the light of the Gospel and have a profound experience of faith." Blessed Carlo Acutis was a young Catholic from Italy with a passionate devotion to the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and an aptitude for computer coding. He died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, offering his suffering for the pope and for the Church.

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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Charles Lwanga and the martyrs of Uganda. Charles was chief page to the pedofilic King Mwanga, and forcibly protected young boys from the king’s advances. Lwanga and dozens of other men were baptized after the king beheaded a Catholic man, and Lwanga and his companions were later brutally burned at the stake by the king for refusing to renounce their faith.

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The Diocese of Tulsa has requested prayer for all involved in a Wednesday night mass shooting at a medical office building near the city’s Saint Francis Hospital, which has left at least four dead. The Tulsa Police Department has confirmed four casualties of the shooting, including the gunman. No names have yet been released. Saint Francis Hospital is the anchor of Saint Francis Health System, whose website says it “is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system wholly governed and operated in Tulsa, Oklahoma whose mission is to extend the presence and healing ministry of Christ to all who seek its services.”

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The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Robert Barron to lead the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, in southern Minnesota. Barron, who runs the popular Catholic media apostolate Word on Fire, has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles since 2015. He will succeed Bishop John Quinn, who submitted his resignation to the pope after reaching the retirement age of 75 in 2020. Barron will be installed as bishop on July 29. The diocese of Winona, which is currently in bankruptcy, covers more than 12,000 square miles of southern Minnesota and includes 107 Catholic parishes and over 130,000 Catholics.

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Pope Francis sent a congratulatory message to Queen Elizabeth the second on Thursday coinciding with the United Kingdom’s joyous celebration of the 70th anniversary of her reign. Queen Elizabeth, who turned 96 on April 21, is England’s longest serving monarch, having ascended to the throne in 1952 at age 25 after the death of her father, King George VI. Her coronation took place the following year. Elizabeth, who is the head of the Church of England, has met four popes as queen, and one as princess in 1951. Elizabeth and her late husband, Prince Philip, last met with Pope Francis in the Vatican in 2014, marking the 100th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the Holy See.

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Today, the Church celebrates two fourth-century martyrs, Saints Marcellinus and Peter, who were highly venerated after the discovery of their tomb and the conversion of their executioner. Although the biographical details of the two martyrs are largely unknown, it is known that they lived and died during the reign of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Both men were beheaded after refusing to renounce their faith in Christ, and according to tradition, their executioner subsequently repented and joined the Catholic Church.

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The newest cardinal-elect of the island nation of East Timor says he was completely surprised by his appointment by Pope Francis over the weekend. “When I heard this news, I was so shocked I almost fainted,” Archbishop Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva told reporters May 30. "I never dreamed of this and I never looked for it.” East Timor, or Timor-Leste, occupies the eastern half of the island of Timor, which it shares with Indonesia. The population of the country, which was colonized by Portugal, is nearly 98% Catholic. Pope Francis had on Sunday announced the names of 21 men whom he will create as cardinals in August. Da Silva, a priest of the Salesians of St. John Bosco, has led the local Church of Dili since 2016.

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A Catholic woman who sued the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office claiming her son was cremated in violation of her religious beliefs will likely soon receive a settlement of nearly half a million dollars. Maria Elvira Quintanilla Cebreros, a Tijuana, Mexico woman, alleges that L.A. county failed to notify her of her son’s death after he went missing three years ago, and also cremated his remains without her permission. Earlier this month, the Office of County Counsel recommended a $445,000 settlement. The Catholic Church teaches that cremation, while strongly discouraged, can be permissible under certain restrictions. A person’s ashes are not to be scattered, nor kept in the home or preserved in mementos or jewelry, but instead must be “laid to rest in a sacred place," such as in a cemetery or church.

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Eleven of the Uvalde shooting victims were parishioners at the city’s Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and their funerals will be held there over the next two and a half weeks. Although there will be 11 funerals, 12 lives will be commemorated and prayed for, as Joe Garcia, the 50-year-old husband of one of the teachers who was killed, Irma Garcia, will share the same funeral Mass as his wife. Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio will be the celebrant for the Garcias’ funeral Mass, which will take place this morning.

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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Justin Martyr, an avid lover of truth with an interest in philosophy who admired Christians from a distance because of the beauty of their moral lives. After a life-changing conversation with an old man, the aspiring philosopher eventually decided to be baptized around the age of 30. Justin was most likely ordained a deacon, since he preached, did not marry, and gave religious instruction in his home. He is best known as the author of early apologetic works which argued for the Catholic faith against the claims of Jews, pagans, and non-Christian philosophers. He also wrote a very early description of the Mass and the Eucharist. Justin was scourged and beheaded by the prefect of Rome along with six companions who joined him in his confession of faith.

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A tabernacle was stolen, and the Eucharist desecrated, over the weekend at Saint Augustine Catholic Church in the Park Slope neighborhood of New York City’s Brooklyn borough. The Diocese of Brooklyn said May 29 that “the Holy Eucharist housed inside the Tabernacle was thrown all over the altar.” The burglary was discovered by Father Frank Tumino, the parish pastor, on the afternoon of May 28, and is suspected to have taken place the previous day. Police have estimated the 19th-century tabernacle’s value at $2 million.

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Pope Francis on Tuesday attended the funeral Mass of the former Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals, presided at the ceremony in Saint Peter’s Basilica on May 31. Photographs showed the 85-year-old pope seated in a wheelchair as the Mass was celebrated at the Altar of the Chair. Sodano, an influential Vatican diplomat who served as dean of the College of Cardinals until 2019, died on May 27 at the age of 94. Cardinal Re praised Cardinal Sodano’s “gifts of intellect and heart, his sensitivity to the pastoral aims of the Church’s action in the world, his wisdom in assessing events, and situations and his readiness to help, seeking appropriate solutions in every case.”The cardinal’s final years were overshadowed by allegations that he covered up sexual abuse by Legionaries of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and others. Sodano’s name was mentioned 30 times in the McCarrick Report, published in 2020.

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Archbishops José Gomez of Los Angeles and Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco both welcomed the announcement Sunday that Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego is to become a cardinal, along with 20 other men from around the world. “As brother bishops, we’ve worked together on many issues and initiatives in service to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as the California Catholic Conference,” Archbishop Gmexz said. “His strong faith and the pastoral concern for the faithful he has shown in his diocese will serve the global Church well. Please join me in praying for the continued ministry of Bishop McElroy.” Pope Francis will create the 21 new cardinals in August.

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Today, the Church celebrates the feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, commemorating when Mary left Nazareth at the end of March and went over the mountains to Hebron, south of Jerusalem, to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Feeling the presence of his Divine Savior, John, upon the arrival of Mary, leaped for joy in the womb of his mother. The earliest evidence of the existence of the feast is its adoption by the Franciscan Chapter in 1263, upon the advice of Saint Bonaventure.

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Due to the Memorial Day holiday in the United States today, there will be no news briefing. Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, May 31, for the next news briefing. And as always, the latest news will be available for you to read at CatholicNewsAgency.com. Thank you, and have a great holiday!

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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio is offering financial, legal, and counseling services to people affected by the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The services, which became available May 25, are all being offered for free, according to the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Anyone who is in need of these services should go to or contact Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde. A gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, located about 90 miles west of San Antonio, on Tuesday. Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio told CNA that multiple victims were parishioners at Sacred Heart.

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Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City thanked state leaders Wednesday “for supporting pro-life measures” after the governor signed into law the strictest abortion ban in the country. The Oklahoma law, prohibiting abortion from the moment of conception with few exceptions, comes ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could leave abortion legislation solely up to the states. “Building a culture of life in Oklahoma that recognizes the inherent dignity of every person requires the protections afforded by pro-life legislation and a profound change of heart,” Archbishop Coakley said May 25. “I encourage Oklahomans to pray for women in crisis pregnancy situations, for their families and loved ones, for families waiting to adopt, for fathers, and for the many pregnancy resource centers serving these brave parents. Thank you to Oklahoma’s legislative leaders and to Gov. Stitt for supporting pro-life measures,” he added.

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Advocates of legal abortion in Michigan have proposed a constitutional amendment that pro-life critics say is so poorly written it would affect almost everything related to pregnancy, threatening parental consent requirements for minors, bans on taxpayer funded abortions, and the state ban on human cloning. The Michigan Catholic conference announced May 24 it has joined the pro-life coalition Citizens to Support MI Women and Children to oppose the amendment. Michigan’s existing abortion law, dating to 1931, criminalizes abortion as a felony, except to save the life of the mother. The state law has not been enforced since the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade mandated that all states legalize abortion.

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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Augustine of Canterbury, an Italian Benedictine monk who became the “Apostle of the English,” founding the famous See of Canterbury and preached the Catholic faith to the country's Anglo-Saxon pagans during the late sixth and early seventh centuries.

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Pope Francis is inviting Catholics to pray the rosary for peace in Ukraine and around the world at the end of the Marian month of May. The pope will pray the rosary before the statue of Mary Regina Pacis, Queen of Peace, at Rome’s Basilica of Saint Mary Major at 6 pm local time on May 31. The pope will pray the rosary in union with Marian shrines around the world, including the Shrine of the Mother of God in Zarvanytsia, western Ukraine. They will be connected via video link to the live broadcast from Rome.

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Gunmen attacked a Catholic rectory and kidnapped two priests in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday. Father Stephen Ojapah and Father Oliver Okpara were abducted after gunmen broke into the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, in the middle of the night on May 25, according to a statement from the Diocese of Sokoto. Two boys were also kidnapped along with the priests. The kidnapping is the latest incident in a series of attacks that have reportedly targeted Church institutions in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.

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The Communion ban in place within House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home diocese in California now extends to the Diocese of Arlington, located just outside Washington, DC. Bishop Michael Burbidge said Wednesday that he would respect the ban imposed by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone last week because of Pelosi's staunch advocacy for legalized abortion. Burbidge is the second US bishop to announce that he will apply the San Francisco Archdiocese ban in his own diocese. Bishop Robert Vasa said on May 20 that he would do so in the Diocese of Santa Rosa, where Pelosi reportedly attends Mass occasionally. At least a dozen US bishops have publicly come out in support of Cordileone's action.

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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Philip Neri, a wealthy young man who experienced a religious conversion and moved to Rome. There he studied philosophy and theology, tutored young boys, and visited the sick. Later, he co-founded the Confraternity of the Most Holy Trinity and began to preach, and many people converted thanks to Philip's preaching and example. He then founded the Congregation of the Oratory, also known as the Oratorians, dedicated to preaching and teaching, which still exist today.

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A Catholic group in Hong Kong will not be holding Masses this year to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, citing concerns that doing so could run afoul of the Beijing-imposed national security laws under which several Catholic leaders have been arrested. In mainland China, people have not been allowed to hold official commemorations of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, but Hong Kong has long held annual vigils to commemorate its victims. Last year, at least seven churches in Hong Kong offered candlelight vigil Masses on the anniversary.

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Bishop Daniel Flores said on Wednesday that he was sick of hearing people say that “guns aren’t the problem” after a gunman killed at least 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school. It was one of many responses from Catholic bishops around the US after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about 80 miles west of San Antonio. Among the victims were 10-year-old students in the fourth grade.

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Cardinal Joseph Zen offered Mass after his court appearance in Hong Kong on Tuesday and prayed for Catholics in mainland China who are facing persecution. The 90-year-old retired Catholic bishop of Hong Kong prayed in Chinese for his “brothers and sisters who cannot attend the Mass in any form tonight — for they have no freedom now.” On the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, Zen said that the Holy See “made an unwise decision” to enter into a provisional agreement with the Chinese Communist Party government.

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The first and only certified Trappist brewery in the US has said that it will close, citing a lack of financial viability. The monks of Saint Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts say they will find other ways to support their life of contemplative prayer. The brewery was launched in 2014 to help provide a new source of revenue for the monks. The Trappist monks are formally known as the monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, an order more than 900 years old. They follow Saint Benedict’s counsel that stresses the importance of both prayer and work.

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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Bede. The English priest, monk, and scholar is sometimes known as “the Venerable Bede” for his combination of personal holiness and intellectual brilliance. As a monk, Bede gave absolute priority to prayer, fasting and charitable hospitality. He regarded all other works as valueless without the love of God and one's neighbor. However, Bede also possessed astounding intellectual gifts, which he used to survey and master a wide range of subjects according to an all-encompassing vision of Christian scholarship.

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The Church also celebrates Pope Saint Gregory VII, who sought to reform the Church and secure its freedom against the intrusion of civil rulers during his 11th century pontificate.

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Finally, the Church celebrates Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, an Italian noblewoman of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries who became a Carmelite nun distinguished for her intense prayer life and devotion to frequent Holy Communion.

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Cardinal Joseph Zen appeared in court in Hong Kong on Tuesday, a date which is marked as the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China. The 90-year-old former Catholic bishop of Hong Kong was charged in court on May 24 with four other prominent democracy advocates who were all trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped pro-democracy protesters to pay their legal fees. All five entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of failing to register the humanitarian fund with the police, and for a first conviction, this charge can reportedly incur a fine of up to $1,274, but likely will not fall under Hong Kong’s national security law. The date set for Cardinal Zen’s trial is Sept. 19.

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A three-year-old boy was killed last week by gang members who opened fire inside a church in Fresnillo in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Their intended target was a young man they were pursuing who fled into the church. The boy was attending Mass with his mother and was killed in the hail of bullets unleashed by the gunmen. “We once again call on everyone to lay down their arms and put an end to all forms of violence, because all of us can be builders of peace. No one has the right to attack the life of his brother and there is nothing that justifies such violence," the bishops of Mexico said in response.

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San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone on Monday responded to criticism that he is “politicizing” the Eucharist by denying Nancy Pelosi Holy Communion, saying he would prefer the Democratic House Speaker remain in office “and become an advocate for life in the womb." “I've been very clear all along, my purpose is pastoral, not political,” he added. “I am not campaigning for anyone for office. As a matter of fact, my preference would be for Speaker Pelosi to remain in office and become an advocate for life in the womb." On Friday, Cordileone announced that he had notified Pelosi, who describes herself as a devout Catholic, that until she publicly repudiates her support for abortion, she should not be admitted to Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, her home diocese, nor should she present herself for Communion. Cordileone said he has not received any response from Pelosi so far.

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Today, the Church celebrates Saints Donatian and Rogatian, brothers who were martyred for their faith in the third century.

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Catholic politician Nacy Pelsosi has been barred from Holy Communion over her public advocacy for abortion. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said on May 20 that the step was “purely pastoral, not political.” The move comes after Pelosi, the US Speaker of the House and a Democrat who has described herself as a “devout Catholic,” repeatedly rebuffed his efforts to reach out to her to discuss her abortion advocacy. Cordileone's instructions apply only within the San Francisco Archdiocese. Other bishops have jurisdiction over such matters when Pelosi is Washington DC, and other dioceses around the US and abroad.

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Pope Francis on Sunday said he is praying for the Church in China and “attentively and actively following the often complex life and situations of the faithful and pastors” there. In brief remarks to pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for the Regina Caeli prayer on May 22, the pope did not specifically mention the recent arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun in Hong Kong. The 90-year-old former bishop of Hong Kong was arrested May 11 under China’s national security law with at least four others for his role as a trustee of a pro-democracy legal fund. He was released on bail later that day. Pope Francis did draw special attention to the fact that Tuesday, May 24 — when Zen is reportedly due back in court — is the liturgical memorial of Our Lady, Help of Christians. Francis’ predecessor Benedict XVI decreed in 2007 that the date be observed worldwide as “a day of prayer for the Church in China.”

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A report on the handling of abuse cases in Germany’s Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, published in January, cost nearly one and a half million euros, more than twice the amount that the Archdiocese of Cologne paid for a report by the same law firm. Among other things, the Munich study covered 1977 to 1982, the period that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Benedict XVI, led the archdiocese. The more than 1,000-page report criticized the 95-year-old retired German pope’s handling of four cases during his time in charge of the southern German archdiocese. Thee pope emeritus has defended his handling of the cases.

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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Euphrosyne of Polatsk, the only East Slav virgin saint. She founded and ruled her own convent, Holy Savior, as well as a monastery.

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The Church also celebrates Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret, a Sister of Charity who worked tirelessly for the faith amidst persecution during the French Revolution. She founded a school and hospital in 1799 and a congregation called the Institute of the Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul. The community eventually expanded into France and Italy.

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