Read more about the article Beatification of wartime Polish nuns highlights radical Christian witness 
Senior Catholics in Poland see the June 11, 2022, beatification of these 10 Polish nuns murdered by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II as highlighting the need for radical Christian witness while offering a prophetic reminder of current sufferings in Ukraine. Pictured clockwise are, Sisters Maria Paschalis Jahn, Melusja, Edelburgis Kubitzki, Adel Schramm, Adelheidis Töpfer, Acutina Goldberg, Felicitas Ellmerer, Rosaria Schilling, Sabina Thienel, and Sapientia Heymann. (CNS photo/courtesy Congregation of Sisters of St. Elizabeth)

Beatification of wartime Polish nuns highlights radical Christian witness 

‘No one predicted our brothers and sisters in Ukraine would experience the same fate’

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Read more about the article Families are path to holiness, pope says 
Pope Francis speaks in a video message released on YouTube by the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network June 2, 2022. The pope dedicated his prayer intention for the month of June to families. (CNS photo/Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network)

Families are path to holiness, pope says 

'When we argue, when we suffer, when we’re joyful, the Lord is there’

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Read more about the article Pope congratulates Queen Elizabeth II on Platinum Jubilee 
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican in this April 3, 2014, file photo. The pope sent well-wishes to the queen on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee celebration marking 70 years on the throne. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella, pool)

Pope congratulates Queen Elizabeth II on Platinum Jubilee 

‘I send cordial greetings and good wishes’

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Read more about the article Educators must learn from, not relive, the past, pope says 
Pope Francis and other religious leaders attend the meeting, "Religions and Education: Toward a Global Compact on Education," at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2021. Pictured in the background are Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church; Rabbi Noam Marans with the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations; and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Educators must learn from, not relive, the past, pope says 

‘In any educational process, we always must put people at the center’

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Read more about the article At Tulsa Catholic hospital complex, gunman kills four, then himself 
People in Tulsa, Okla., embrace at Memorial High School, which became a reunion location for those evacuated from a medical building on the St. Francis Hospital campus June 1, 2022, after a mass shooting. Four people were killed on the second floor of the medical building. The gunman was later found dead. (CNS photo/Michael Noble Jr., Reuters)

At Tulsa Catholic hospital complex, gunman kills four, then himself 

‘We need to speak louder in defense of all human life’

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