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Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, warned the Society of St. Pius X of excommunication if the Society proceeds with its plan to consecrate new bishops on July 1 without the Pope’s approval.

“Our people have been suffering for years without anyone seeming to care,” Bishop Pierre-André Dumas of Anse-à-Veau-Miragoâne told the Vatican newspaper. “Therefore, the world must be helped to rediscover a sense of concrete solidarity toward Haiti through prayer; it would be truly wonderful to see individuals, parishes, institutions, families, and religious communities unite in a global day of prayer.”

“My country is just one hour away from the United States, the world’s leading power,” Bishop Dumas continued. “And yet, that nation squanders vast sums of money waging wars, while right next door, we suffer. Haiti asks not merely for superficial pity, but for concrete solidarity.”

“The combination of merciless wars, economic recessions, extreme climate events, political instability, and market volatility has given rise to a lethal combination for the world’s food systems,” said Msgr. Fernando Chica Arellano, Permanent Observer to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

“The agricultural sector,” he added, “should be supported by wise economic and political decisions, enabling young people to devote themselves enthusiastically to agriculture and not to abandon the countryside in discouragement in order to migrate to the cities.”

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch of the East Indies, said in an interview that listening “means allowing space for dissent. We must grow to accept dissenting voices without judgment.”

“We must learn to speak with charity, listen without fear and disagree without division,” he continued. “Then listening will not be just a meeting technique; it will become a spiritual culture.”

Catholic Connect, a website of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, published the transcript of the interview.

Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit on behalf of the counselor, Frank Canepa.

“Counseling is speech, which is protected by the First Amendment,” Canepa’s attorney said. “Oregon law says counselors can’t impose their values on their clients. Canepa did not do that. He answered the client’s question when she demanded to know his personal view.”

A second soldier who photographed the act was sentenced to 14 days.

Israel’s military “respects freedom of religion and worship, as well as holy sites and religious symbols of all religions and communities,” said Lt. Col. Ariella Mazor, spokeswoman for the Israeli Defense Forces.

“Migrants are, first and foremost, human beings whose God-given dignity, as well as fundamental human rights and freedoms must remain at the core of international cooperation and migration governance,” said Msgr. Robert Murphy, Chargé d’Affaires of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations.

Voice of the Laity contended that Father Williams “is being unfairly punished for courageously defending orthodox Catholic teaching and for supporting diocesan priests, seminarians, and parishioners who expressed concerns about the Diocese’s direction. It is our understanding that he and another brave priest raised their concerns with the Vatican through a documented dossier.”

Speaking at a conference on May 11, Archbishop Gallagher highlighted the importance of the “defense of life, the family, religious freedom, human rights, democracy, multilateralism, and international law,” Vatican News reported. The prelate also discussed the Holy See’s diplomatic history.

Located in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa, the island nation of 620,000 (map) is 95% Christian (77% Catholic) and 3% Muslim.

The bishops of the Orthodox Church of Georgia (CNEWA profile) elected Shio III as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia on May 11.