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The vice president of the Italian Episcopal Conference deplored the gruesome murder of four migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan who were working in slave-like conditions in Amendolara, a small town in Calabria.

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.”

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

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

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

For a quarter century, the police investigation “has remained stalled, with frequent changes of investigating officers hindering progress,” UCA News reported. Nirmol Rozario, president of the ecumenical Bangladesh Christian Association, said that “for 25 years we have been making the same demands for a proper investigation and justice, but nothing has happened.”

Located in South Asia, Bangladesh (map), a nation of 170 million—the world’s eighth most populous—is 89% Muslim and 9% Hindu.