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Pope Francis condemned an attack on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, as “barbaric,” during a public address on Wednesday. A Russian missile strike hit a shopping mall in Kremenchuk on June 27. Ukrainian authorities said the next day that at least 18 people were killed in the attack and another 36 were missing. “I pray that this foolish war may soon see an end, and I renew the invitation to persevere, without tiring, in the prayer for peace: may the Lord open those paths of dialogue that men are unwilling or unable to find,” he said. “And let us not neglect to come to the aid of the Ukrainian people, who are suffering so much.”
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251670/pope-francis-condemns-barbaric-attack-on-ukraine-mall
Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, the archbishop of Guadalajara, revealed that last week he was stopped and questioned at a checkpoint manned by drug traffickers during a visit to the northern part of Mexico's Jalisco state. The cardinal lamented the current climate of violence in Mexico, including the recent killing of two Jesuit priests and another man in a church in the state of Chihuahua. Mexico is experiencing a dramatic escalation in violence. Between 2018 and 2021, the country recorded the highest number of homicides in its history.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251664/cardinal-reveals-he-was-detained-by-drug-traffickers-in-mexico
More vandalism of Catholic churches, pro-life pregnancy centers, and a pro-life memorial have been reported since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday. LifeChoice pregnancy center in Winter Haven, Florida was defaced with pro-abortion graffiti June 25, and St. Anthony Catholic Church in Renton, Washington had its windows smashed and was defaced with pro-abortion slogans in the early hours of that same day. In another incident, pro-abortion graffiti was discovered June 27 on the doors of the The Church of the Ascension in Manhattan.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251667/more-catholic-churches-pregnancy-centers-and-a-pro-life-memorial-vandalized
Today, the Church celebrates the feast day of Saints Peter & Paul. As early as the year 258, there is evidence of an already lengthy tradition of celebrating the solemnities of both Saint Peter and Saint Paul on the same day. Together, the two saints are the founders of the See of Rome, through their preaching, ministry and martyrdom there.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/sts-peter-and-paul-501