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Pope Francis will lead a rosary tomorrow to begin a month-long prayer marathon for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pope’s rosary will be broadcast live from Saint Peter’s Basilica at 6 pm Rome time.
It has been 100 days since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, and now Catholics are urging him to honor his campaign promises to end the federal death penalty. Biden was the first president to run on a platform opposed to capital punishment. But he has yet to address the death penalty directly, since becoming president.
A masked man bashed a mural of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a sledgehammer last week, at a parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The parish has called the desecration an act of sacrilege against the Blessed Mother. They are asking for donations to restore the tiles in the mural.
Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop of Wilmington, the home diocese of President Joe Biden. Monsignor William Koenig is a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York. His episcopal ordination is scheduled for July 13.
The archdiocese of Atlanta will reinstate the obligation to attend Sunday Mass on May 22. The archbishop said the wide availability of vaccines makes it possible for Catholics to physically return to Mass. A dispensation is still in place for vulnerable populations. Masks and social distancing will still be required.