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The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is asking Catholics worldwide to pray for peace and justice in the Holy Land. Conflict between Israel and Hamas has killed more than 200 people. The patriarch said the Christian faith is rooted in the Holy Land, so suffering in the Holy Land is painful in the whole Church.
The vandalization last week of a crucifixion display in Brooklyn is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The display was outside a Catholic parish in Brooklyn. It was topped over and lay face-down on the ground, after ten years of being upright.
The archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has a new auxiliary bishop. Pope Francis today appointed an Italian-born, Somascan priest, Father Italo Dell’Oro. The 67-year-old bishop-elect has been in Texas since 1992.
South Carolina this week officially sanctioned the use of the firing squad for executions. It is the fourth state to do so. The state will now use electrocution or firing squad, if the drugs for lethal injection are not available. The Diocese of Charleston told CNA it was extremely disappointed in the decision.
Today is the feast of Saint John the first. The sixth-century pope was martyred by a heretical Germanic king.