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Daily Readings

• UN experts warn of ‘deeply troubling’ rights violations against Christian women and girls in Nigeria
  “Victims and survivors must not be left without protection, justice, reparations, including rehabilitation and meaningful support,” the experts wrote.
• Pope Leo XIV meets with Bad Bunny in Madrid
  The pontiff and the Puerto Rican singer were able to greet each other and converse, taking advantage of the fact that both were in the city at the same time.
• The papal mozzetta: Why the pope wears a red cape
  Pope Leo XIV has notably revived the use of the papal mozzetta, which Pope Francis had discarded during his papacy. But what is its history and symbolism?
• Louisiana man sentenced to life in prison for 2022 slaying of priest, parish worker
  Antonio Tyson was convicted of killing Father Otis Young and Ruth Prats in a double homicide in Covington, Louisiana.
• Belarus expels Polish priests as pressure on the Catholic Church intensifies
  Belarusian authorities have forced out a wave of long-serving Polish priests by refusing to renew their residency permits, intensifying state pressure on the country's Catholic Church.