This year’s vigil has been canceled by Hong Kong police, but seven Catholic churches scheduled Masses for June 4, 2021, at the time the vigils would normally occur.
Hong Kong Masses remember Tiananmen Square protesters
Report shows 19,000 U.S. deacons; age, retirement are factors for diaconate
A CARA report on the diaconate said 35% of deacons are 70 or older, 40% are ages 60-69, 21% are ages 50-59, just 5% are ages 40-49, and only 1% are under 40.
With children’s prayers nearby, bishops try to tackle immigration
Along with Vatican representatives, they were attending an emergency session June 1 and 2 on the U.S. church’s response to immigration as well as seeking greater collaboration with bishops from countries where some migrants are coming from
Ending limit on culturing human embryos called ‘affront’ to value of life
Lifting a long-standing prohibition on the ability of scientists to culture human embryos in the lab past 14 days shows “an utter disregard” for the value of human life and is “an affront to the sanctity of human life,” said two Catholic members of Congress.
Ecumenical service remembers victims of Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
The Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the most severe incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, began May 31, 1921, and lasted for two days.
Fears rise over China’s growing crackdown on Christian religious leaders
Fears are rising over China’s looming rising crackdown on Catholic and Protestant church leader that authorities deem illegal.
Head of CLINIC: U.S. migration policy can ‘make amends’ in Central America
The executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. said she hopes to see the Biden administration use the U.S. vice president’s forthcoming trip to Mexico and Guatemala as opportunity to correct historic wrongs in the region.
Canadian Catholic leaders express sorrow over deaths of Indigenous children
Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada are calling on officials to conduct a thorough investigation of every former residential school in the country after the remains of more than 200 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.