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On Monday Pope Francis asked for the intercession of Mary, Undoer of Knots, as he completed a month-long global rosary marathon. The pope launched the prayer marathon on May 1 at St. Peter’s Basilica. On each day of the event, a different Catholic shrine around the world led the rosary. He encouraged Catholics to continue to pray for the protection of the whole world from the pandemic and access to vaccines for all.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247848/pope-francis-turns-to-mary-undoer-of-knots-at-end-of-rosary-marathon-for-end-to-pandemic
The Vatican published several revisions to canon law today. Under the revised laws, among other things, lay people, including founders of lay religious movements and parish employees, can be sanctioned for sexual abuse. The reforms also introduced new crimes in the area of economic and financial matters to canon law.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247850/pope-francis-unveils-sweeping-reform-of-catholic-churchs-penal-sanctions
The Chinese government announced a new policy that couples can now have up to three children, amid a sharp fall in the country’s birth rate. China aggressively enforced a “one-child policy” from 1980 to 2016 in an effort to curb population growth, a measure which the Catholic Church has consistently opposed. China’s National Bureau of Statistics said earlier in May that the country recorded 12 million births in 2020, the lowest number reported since the 1960s.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247845/china-unveils-3-child-policy-amid-sharp-drop-in-births
Today the Church honors St. Justin Martyr, a second-century philosopher who is best known for arguing for the Catholic faith against the claims of Jews, pagans, and non-Christian philosophers.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-justin-martyr-486