EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY - 2022-06-02 - EWTN News Nightly | Thursday, June 2, 2022

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On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: Police say a man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain after a recent back surgery was responsible for killing the doctor and 3 other people before fatally shooting himself in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the wake of continued mass shootings, Democratic lawmakers are pushing to advance gun reform. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden got another day of bad news on gas prices: they are not going down. Countries in Africa are experiencing severe drought, which the United Nation is calling the worst drought in 40 years. Editor-in-Chief of ACI Africa, Fr. Don Bosco Onyalla, joins to talk about the famine and drought countries in Africa are facing. And, several people who are not Catholic received Communion during Germany's Catholic Conventions in Stuttgart. Deputy Editor in Chief of CNA Deutsch, Martin Burger, joins to talk more about this, how significant it is that bishops were allowing people who are not Catholic to receive the most Holy Sacrament and whether there will be any recourse for this. Finally this evening, a new statue inside a church in Rome is dedicated to the pro-life movement. The bronze sculpture is called Monument to Life from Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz. Schmalz joins EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Andreas Thonhauser, to discuss his most recent sculpture. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn 0:00 Overview 0:58 Tulsa shooting at Catholic hospital leaves 5 people dead 1:33 Lead Republican on House Judiciary Committee Calls Gun Bills Unconstitutional 4:13 Minors in Illinois no longer need to notify an adult before getting an abortion 4:34 White House Deals with More Bad News on Rising Gas Prices 5:59 Biden meets with NATO Secretary General 6:15 White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator discussing the upcoming summer and fall months 6:35 Biden plans to speak about recent mass shootings in US, urges congress to ‘pass common sense’ laws 6:48 Pope Francis not changing itinerary for next month’s visit to Canada 7:16 Philippine troops kill suspected ISIS militant, capture another 7:34 African Countries Are Experiencing the Worst Drought in 40 Years 12:45 Non-Catholic Politicians Receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion in Germany 18:03 Pope Francis appoints Bishop Robert Barron to lead Minnesota diocese 18:29 Timothy Schmalz's Pro-Life Statue of Madonna & Unborn Child on Display in Rome 22:50 Four days of celebration begin in UK to honor Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee