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The Jesuits of Mexico announced Tuesday that two of their priests were killed Monday inside a church in a mountainous region of Chihuahua state. Fathers Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar had served as Jesuit priests for nearly a century combined. The gunmen who carried out the June 20 attack on the church in Cerocahui, Chihuahua also took their bodies. “We condemn these violent acts, we demand justice and the recovery of the bodies of our brothers who were taken from the church by armed persons,” a June 21 statement released in Spanish from the Mexican Jesuits reads. “We trust that the testimonies of Christian life of our dear Javier and Joaquín continue to inspire men and women to give themselves in the service of the most vulnerable. Rest in peace.” Pope Francis said Wednesday he is mourning their deaths.
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The Lennon Pregnancy Center in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was vandalized sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. Gary Hillebrand, the center’s president, told CNA Tuesday that 12 of the clinic's front windows were smashed. Four glass doors were smashed as well, he said. He said graffiti was left that said “If abortion isn’t safe, neither are you!” Hillebrand estimates that the repairs will cost between $10,000 and $15,000. The staff at the clinic is not intimidated, he said, but they are cautious. The clinic has ordered more security cameras.
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Pope Francis condemned the use of nuclear weapons in favor of a “culture of life and peace” in a message released Tuesday. “I wish to reaffirm that the use of nuclear weapons, as well as their mere possession, is immoral,” the pontiff wrote. He urged that disarmament treaties are not only legal obligations but also “moral commitments.” Peace, Pope Francis said, is “indivisible,” and to be just and lasting, it must also be “universal.”
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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Thomas More, a lawyer, author and statesman who was martyred for opposing King Henry VIII's plan to subordinate the Church to the English monarchy.
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