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Belize diocese opposes national school-based HPV vaccination campaign (Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan)

The sole diocese in the Central American nation of Belize announced its opposition to a nationwide school-based HPV vaccination campaign.

“The Church affirms the value of the HPV vaccine and recognizes that it is ethically acceptable” but opposes the school-based campaign, the Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan stated on May 14. “The Church’s concerns are not about the vaccine itself, but about proportionality, parental rights, informed consent, and the sensitive moral context surrounding a sexually transmitted infection.”

U.S. Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill As Legal Fight Continues

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May. 15 Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Isidore (USA), Opt. Mem.

The United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130). He was a Spanish laborer who worked most of his life as a ploughman for a nobleman who lived near Madrid, Spain. Although working many hours a day, he never failed to attend daily Mass, and spend time praying before the Holy Eucharist. He married a maid-servant, Maria de la Cabeza, who was also canonized a saint. They were always willing to help their neighbors and worked with the poor in the city slums. In 1947, he was proclaimed the Patron of the Catholic Rural Life Conference in the United States.

African Member of Synod Group Did Not Help Draft Homosexuality Text

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Pope Leo’s Welcome Act of Remembrance and Tribute — and Reconciliation

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Pope Leo prays at the spot where St. John Paul was shot (Vatican News)

During his May 13 general audience, Pope Leo XIV prayed at the spot when Pope St. John Paul II was shot in 1981.

“Today we remember the memorial of Our Lady of Fatima,” Pope Leo said. “On this day, 45 years ago, an attempt was made on Pope John Paul II’s life, and for these reasons, I dedicated my catechesis today to the Blessed Virgin Mary,”

SSPX issues Declaration of Faith, addressed to Pope Leo (Society of St. Pius X)

Father Davide Pagliarani, the superior general of the Society of St. Pius X, issued a declaration of faith today and addressed it to Pope Leo.

“The Society places this simple Declaration of Faith in Your hands,” wrote Father Pagliarani. “It seems to us to correspond to the minimum indispensable to be in communion with the Church, and to truly call ourselves Catholics and, consequently, your sons.”

The declaration was published one day after 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.

Pope, in audience on Vatican II, reflects on the Blessed Virgin Mary, model of the Church (CWN)

Continuing his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV devoted his May 13 general audience (video) to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

May. 14 Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr or Solemnity of the Ascension (for certain ecclesiastical provinces), Feast

Today is the Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr. After the Ascension of Jesus, St. Peter proposed to the assembled faithful that they choose a disciple of Christ to fill the place of the traitor Judas in the first missionary band. Lots were drawn, with the result in favor of Matthias. According to one ancient tradition, this missioner labored in Ethiopia and was martyred there. Thus did St. Matthias receive "the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him." The Church venerates St. Matthias on an equal footing with the other Apostles, whose voices resound throughout the world, from generation to generation, giving testimony of what they saw and heard in their life with our Lord. His name is mentioned in the Canon of the Mass.