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June 4

St. Charles Lwanga (Uganda, 1860?-1886) and companions
Catechists and Martyrs



OR today.

Illustration: 'Crucified Christ' from Rabanus Maurus's De laudibus sanctae crucis,
12th-century edition, Vatican Library
At the General Audience, the Pope speaks of Rabanus Maurus:
'Faith is not just thought:
it touches the heart and the senses'
Other Page 1 stories: In Afghanistan, dozens killed in suicide attacks as violence hinders
Afghanistan's path to stability; and Obama seeks a new dialog with the Islamic world.
An inside-page item reports that Patriarch Kirill has openly deplored a crisis of religious
practice in Russia where too many Orthodox are only Christians by tradition.


THE POPE'S DAY

The Holy Father met today with
- The officials of the Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Bishops (CELAM) headed by the president,
Mons. Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil.
- Mons. Philip Edward Wilson, Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia), President of the Australian Bishops Conference
- Bishops of Venezuela on ad-limina visit (Group 1)


REMINDER

Thursday, June 11
Holy Mass and Eucharistic Procession
on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
The Holy Father will celebrate 7 p.m. Mass in front of the Basilica of St. John Lateran
and lead the traditional procession towards Santa Maria Maggiore.


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