Catholic leaders from around the world have joined the French Bishops’ Conference and U.S. bishops in criticizing the Paris Olympics opening ceremony for its depiction of the Last Supper, calling it a deeply deplorable derision of Christianity.
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- In a documentary that premiered Wednesday in Rome, Pope Francis called for the passage of civil union laws for same-sex couples.
- The oldest human being in the world is Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul who was born on May 27, 1908.
- A statue of the Virgin Mary was untouched after the collapse of a Catholic cathedral in an earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, inflicting heavy damage with a death toll already exceeding 6,000 and leaving thousands more injured. bit.ly/3jDaatp
- This autistic boy slipped away from his mother and went on stage during the pope’s general audience today in Rome. The 7-year-old lives in Italy with his parents, who are from Argentina. (📸: Vatican Media) dlvr.it/QsKSm4
- The Vatican’s sacred music school is seeking to teach Catholics worldwide how to sing ancient Gregorian chant as a means to help the faithful participate actively in the liturgy.
- The image of Our Lady was unharmed in the quake that brought down Annunciation Cathedral in the city of Alexandretta in the Turkish province of Hatay.
- Since its founding in 1941, 33 priests of the #LegionariesofChrist committed sexual abuse of minors, victimizing 175 children, according to a report of an internal commission released Dec. 21.
- In what many are calling the largest eucharistic procession ever held in New York City, thousands took to the streets reciting prayers and singing songs of praise on May 27. The NYPD estimated more than 4,000 people processed through Times Square. bit.ly/3OLxqCq
- Father Mike Schmitz gave a powerful keynote at SEEK25 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He discussed the Shroud of Turin and what scientists and researchers have found regarding everything Jesus endured during his Passion and Crucifixion. Father Mike reminded the faithful that when we
00:00 - The last words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he lay on his deathbed were “Lord, I love you!” according to the late pope’s longtime personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein. bit.ly/3Gc4Qo9
- Basketball superstar #KobeBryant, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash, was a Catholic who said his faith helped him to get through some of the most difficult moments of his life.
- Pope Francis asked for the intercession of Mary, Undoer of Knots, as he ended a month-long global rosary marathon. bit.ly/3fVh3QR
