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Pope Francis is inviting Catholics to pray the rosary for peace in Ukraine and around the world at the end of the Marian month of May. The pope will pray the rosary before the statue of Mary Regina Pacis, Queen of Peace, at Rome’s Basilica of Saint Mary Major at 6 pm local time on May 31. The pope will pray the rosary in union with Marian shrines around the world, including the Shrine of the Mother of God in Zarvanytsia, western Ukraine. They will be connected via video link to the live broadcast from Rome.
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Gunmen attacked a Catholic rectory and kidnapped two priests in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday. Father Stephen Ojapah and Father Oliver Okpara were abducted after gunmen broke into the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, in the middle of the night on May 25, according to a statement from the Diocese of Sokoto. Two boys were also kidnapped along with the priests. The kidnapping is the latest incident in a series of attacks that have reportedly targeted Church institutions in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.
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The Communion ban in place within House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home diocese in California now extends to the Diocese of Arlington, located just outside Washington, DC. Bishop Michael Burbidge said Wednesday that he would respect the ban imposed by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone last week because of Pelosi's staunch advocacy for legalized abortion. Burbidge is the second US bishop to announce that he will apply the San Francisco Archdiocese ban in his own diocese. Bishop Robert Vasa said on May 20 that he would do so in the Diocese of Santa Rosa, where Pelosi reportedly attends Mass occasionally. At least a dozen US bishops have publicly come out in support of Cordileone's action.
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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Philip Neri, a wealthy young man who experienced a religious conversion and moved to Rome. There he studied philosophy and theology, tutored young boys, and visited the sick. Later, he co-founded the Confraternity of the Most Holy Trinity and began to preach, and many people converted thanks to Philip's preaching and example. He then founded the Congregation of the Oratory, also known as the Oratorians, dedicated to preaching and teaching, which still exist today.
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