Welcome to the June 10, 2020 edition of Just 3 Things, the weekly social action newsletter of the Office of Human Life & Dignity.
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Public Mass resumes throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco--in all three counties. San Mateo County opened for public worship June 1. San Francisco and Marin Counties have named June 15 for opening up for public worship. However, San Francisco and Marin parishes and other worship sites have permission from Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone to resume public Mass on Sunday, June 14, if they are prepared to implement all the safety protocols he had given them previously. His communication included additional instructions on the safe conduct of any Corpus Christi processions after Mass. The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi Sunday) honors the Real Presence of Jesus substantially present in the Blessed Sacrament.
The Catholic Church in China, official and unofficial, is suffocated by the government. Get the inside scoop from journalist Father Bernardo Cervellera, who heads AsiaNews press agency. The Religious Freedom in China webinar is 10 a.m. June 25, sponsored by the Office of Human Life & Dignity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have designated June 22-29 Religious Freedom Week.
The flap about President Donald Trump's visit to the Shrine of St. John Paul II has taken another twist--with a report by Catholic News Agency that Washington, D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory was invited to the Shrine days before the president's visit.
The Archbishop made headlines with his criticism of the visit by Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. The White House said Sunday that Washington’s archbishop was invited to attend an event with President Donald Trump several days before it took place, amid media reports that the archbishop did not learn of the event until the night before it took place.