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Prominent US citizens’ forum demands Target stores to remove ‘Pride’ collection clothes, accessories
The US-retailer Target say they are removing some items from stores after a backlash against the selling of so-called transgender clothes for children which saw the company’s stock market value drop 12% in a week.

Bishop Barron calls for the boycott of Los Angeles Dodgers for reinviting anti-Catholic homosexual group to “Pride Night”
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester is calling upon people to boycott the Los Angeles Dodgers after the Major League Baseball team re-issued an invitation to, what he describes, as an “an anti-Catholic hate group”.

Cardinal Zuppi expresses closeness to Ukrainians who long for peace
The Pope’s special peace envoy to Ukraine has expressed his closeness to Ukrainians who are suffering and longing for peace.

WCC is committed to bringing peace in Ukraine: Rev. Jerry Pillay
The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has reiterated that the ecumenical body is committed to bringing a lasting peace in war-torn Ukraine.

Arson attack destroys historic Catholic church in Canada
A historic Catholic church in Canada’s Northern Alberta has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack.

South Carolina governor inks the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act into law
South Carolina has become the latest American state to ban most abortions after the sixth week of life in the womb.

One year after Uvalde shooting, San Antonio Archbishop calls for gun control
On May 24 last year 19 fourth-grade pupils and two teachers were killed by a gunman at the Robb Elementary School in the Texan town of Uvalde.

Colombian Catholic priest found dead in church
A priest in Colubia has been found dead inside his church. The body of Fr Héctor Josúe Garza was discovered on Wednesday at the Santa Maria de Canaveral parish in the Floridablanca municipality.

900 people killed in Nigeria’s Imo state over the past 29 months by militias
A Nigerian human rights organization is claiming that approximately 900 civilians have been killed by local militias and security forces in the southeastern state of Imo over the past 29 months.

Biden administration using federal funds to damage reputation of Christian, conservative outfits
A leading conservative media monitoring group in the United States claims to have uncovered evidence suggesting that the administration of President Joe Biden is using funds from the Department of Homeland Security to target Christian and conservative organizations.

War against creation must stop, pope says in message for day of prayer for creation
Pope Francis is urging world leaders to end, what he calls, the war against creation.

Grave of Mahsa Amini vandalised in Iran’s Kurdistan province
The grave of a young Kurdish woman who died in the custody of the Iranian morality police last year has been allegedly vandalized.

South Korean Church announces novena to mark the 70th anniversary of end of war in the peninsula
The Church in South Korea has announced a novena – or nine days of prayer – to mark the 70th anniversary of end of war on the Korean peninsula.