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Vatican newspaper highlights Qaraqosh's post-ISIS rebirth (CWN)

In a prominent front-page article in its June 3 edition, the Vatican newspaper highlighted the revival of Qaraqosh, an Iraqi Christian city occupied by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from 2014 to 2016.

Cardinal McElroy removes Msgr. Rossetti, prominent exorcist (CWN)

Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., announced on June 3 that he had removed Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, a famed exorcist, “as an exorcist of the Archdiocese of Washington, and ended all affiliation between the archdiocese and the Saint Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal located in Washington, D.C.”

Women Are Being Left Out of the AI Conversation: Should We Care?

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Pope recalls that June is the month of the Sacred Heart (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV reminded pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square that June is the month dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Pope Leo encourages Corpus Christi processions (CWN)

At the conclusion of his June 3 general audience, Pope Leo XIV encouraged Corpus Christi processions.

What the June consistory reveals about Pope Leo's style of governance [New Analysis] (CWN)

The program for consistory of cardinals scheduled for June 26-27 reveals several things about how Pope Leo XIV intends to govern the Church.

Jun. 4 Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday

The Roman Martyrology today commemorates St. Francis of Caracciolo (1563-1608). Three things made him stand out from his wealthy Neapolitan friends: he was powerfully drawn to our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, he fasted every Saturday in honor of the Virgin Mary, and he had a generous love for the poor. When he was seriously ill at the age of twenty-two, he vowed that if he were cured he would devote himself to the service of God and his fellow men. He became a priest and in 1588 joined the order of Minor Clerks Regular. Francis instituted perpetual adoration as one of the works of his Order.

Archbishop of Westminster to Lead Record Episcopal Presence at UK March for Life

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4 Islamist militants sentenced to death for 2022 Nigerian church attack (Punch (Lagos))

A Nigerian court sentenced four members of the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab to death for perpetrating the Owo church attack in 2022.

The court acquitted a fifth defendant.

The Lagos-based newspaper Punch reported that “one of the prosecution witnesses, a Catholic priest who survived the incident, gave a chilling account of how the assailants detonated at least three explosive devices inside the church, triggering panic and bloodshed among worshippers.”