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St. Medard, bishop
Posted on 06/8/2023 16:00 PM (CNA - Saint of the Day)

Feast date: Jun 08
St. Medard was born around 456 in Salency, France. His father Nectard was a noble Frenchman, and his mother, Protogia, descended from a Roman family that settled in Gaul.
He was ordained at the age of 33, and did not wish to be made a bishop, but reluctantly became the Bishop of Vermand in 530. Medardus was one of the most honoured bishops of his time, his memory has always been venerated in northern France, and he soon became the hero of numerous legends.
Each year on his memorial the Rosiere is awarded to the young girl who has been judged the most virtuous and exemplary in the region of Salency, France; she is escorted by 12 boys and 12 girls to the church, where she is crowned with roses and given a gift of money. This is a continuation of a yearly stipend or “scholarship” he apparently instituted when bishop. His younger sister was the first to be crowned the Rosiere.
Legend says that when he was a child, Medard was once sheltered from the rain by a hovering eagle. This is his most common depiction in art, and it led to his patronage of good weather, against bad weather, for people who work the fields, etc. Legend has it that if it rains on his feast day, the next 40 days will be wet; if the weather is good, the next 40 will be fine as well. He was also often depicted as laughing aloud with his mouth wide open; this led to his patronage against toothache.
Planned Parenthood, in turmoil, cuts staff while channeling funds for abortion (Catholic World Report)
Posted on 06/8/2023 04:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
European Court: Ukraine is in violation of human rights treaty because it does not recognize same-sex unions (Religion Clause)
Posted on 06/8/2023 04:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The judges cited an anti-discrimination provision of the convention.
The Ukrainian constitution defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a proponent of legislation that would legalize same-sex civil unions.
Vatican judges dismiss defense motions, end evidence phase in financial trial (Pillar)
Posted on 06/8/2023 03:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Philippine bishops come to defense of indigenous Ati people (Fides)
Posted on 06/8/2023 03:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Land disputes have emerged in recent years over the property titles assigned by the government to the Ati of Boracay in 2018: this ownership is disputed by public and private actors who would like to take away the land where they reside,” the Fides news agency reported.
Work to change laws and hearts, bishops' pro-life chairman writes in Dobbs anniversary message (USCCB)
Posted on 06/8/2023 03:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Over the past year, while some states have acted to protect preborn children, others have tragically moved to enshrine abortion in law—enacting extreme abortion policies that leave children vulnerable to abortion, even until the moment of birth,” he continued. “The work that lies ahead continues to be not just changing laws but also helping to change hearts, with steadfast faith in the power of God to do so.”
USCCB president calls for prayers for Pope Francis (USCCB)
Posted on 06/8/2023 03:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Salesian missionaries decide to remain in Sudan despite conflict (Fides)
Posted on 06/8/2023 03:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The apostolic nuncio has bemoaned “horror scences” in the conflict, and Pope Francis has urged the warring sides to lay down arms.
Jesuits open Teilhard de Chardin Center in 'French Silicon Valley' (The Tablet)
Posted on 06/8/2023 02:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The center, which includes a chapel, is intended to be a place of dialogue between reason and faith, the Vatican newspaper reported.
The center is named after the French philosopher and paleontologist Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ (1881-1955). In 1962, during the pontificate of Pope St. John XXIII, the Holy Office issued a monitum (warning) with regard to his works. In 2017, the Pontifical Council for Culture, then led by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, asked Pope Francis to rescind the monitum.
In 2018, Dr. John Slattery, now Director of the Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law at Duquesne University, wrote that Teilhard’s “legacy of eugenics and racism can’t be ignored.” Professor John Haught of Georgetown University responded with an article, “Trashing Teilhard”—to which Dr. Slattery responded with “Teilhard and Eugenics.”
Pope plans to write document dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, offers white rose to the Little Flower (CNS)
Posted on 06/8/2023 01:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The saint’s reliquary has traveled to more than 80 countries since 1997. The Vatican newspaper reported that the presence of reliquary at the Vatican was the saint’s first “visit” there since 1887, when she asked Pope Leo XIII to allow her to enter the Carmelite order at the age of 15.
Relics of the saint’s parents, Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, were also present at the audience.