On this day in 1981, Bobby Sands died after 66 days on Hunger Strike.

According to his diary, 8 days into his strike he received Holy Communion at Mass in the prison, his last meal.

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DUBLIN

Thousands of people have marched to government buildings as part of the March for Life to show their opposition to abortion

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USA

A terrorist stormed a church in Pennsylvania and tried to assassinate a pastor before his gun jammed

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'Despite the Vatican-China agreement on bishop appointments, in April the government installed a bishop without Vatican approval. Authorities continue to forcibly disappear and convict underground Catholic priests - including Bishop Augustine Cui Tai and Joseph Yang Xiaoming who refused to join the State Controlled Chinese Patriotic Association'

- United States International Commission on Religious Freedom 2024 Report

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FRANCE

Mainstream media outlet CNews will broadcast Pentecost Mass from the huge Latin Mass pilgrimage of mostly young people at Chartres this year

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BELFAST, IRELAND

St. Patrick's Church was turned into a cinema for a special screening of Young Frankenstein to commemorate its 50th anniversary, for some reason. It came complete with smoke effects.

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SYDNEY

Archbishop Anthony Fisher leads a candle lit procession in honour of Our Lady of Fatima at St. Mary's Cathedral.

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SYDNEY

Catholics honour Our Lady of Fatima outside St. Mary's Cathedral in candlelit prayer

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FRANCE

The Northern Lights at Mont St. Michel.

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USA

An anti Catholic terrorist was arrested after entering a Catholic Church with a rifle, intending to massacre children and families during a First Holy Communion ceremony in Abbeville, Louisiana

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May 13th is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima.

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SLOVAKIA

Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot in an assassination attempt.

Fico recently said that he considers himself to be Catholic.

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IRELAND

Messages from British Unionist politician Peter Weir from lockdown reveal anti Catholic attacks on Archbishop Eamon Martin

Weir made remarks about child abuse, which seem ironic given recent scandals involving the DUP

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SPAIN

A Catholic has been fined €3,600 for praying the Rosary in public in Madrid

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GAZA

Cardinal Pizzaballa has visited Catholics at Holy Family Parish.

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USA

A deeply hateful anti Catholic segment, reminiscent of the KKK's rhetoric, was broadcast on television show 'The View'

Whoopi Golderg and a lesser known host spread conspiracy theories about the Latin Mass in a deeply hateful broadcast

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IRELAND

On this day in 1974, British terrorists, in collusion with the British state, murdered 34 Irish people in anti Irish terror attacks in Dublin and Monaghan.

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