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Headlines for October 20, 2017

Ordered from most to least recent.

 US surgical abortion rate drops 25% over 6 years
 Bring marketplace forces under social contract, Pope urges
 Papal book on the Our Father to be published in November
 Saudi Arabia creates panel to study Mohammed’s teaching, eliminate calls to violence
 Polish primate warns priests not to join anti-immigration protests
 Pope’s weekday Mass homily (10/19): the gift of God’s salvation opens the door to all
 Catalan leader defiant as Spain moves to revoke region’s autonomy
 Vatican hosts conference on disability and catechesis
 In Syria everyone suffers, but Christians are most vulnerable, says Vatican ambassador
 House Speaker Ryan headlines Al Smith dinner
 Iraqi forces advance to retake Kurdish-held territory near Mosul
 Algeria: Protestants advocate for freedom to worship
 FAO leader: Pope is ‘one of the few indispensable people in the world’
 Nigerian prelate demands end to ethnic violence
 Papal condolences on death of journalist in Malta
 Saudi Arabia to vet use of Muhammad’s sayings to counter extremism
 Religious-freedom commission condemns Pakistan for sentencing Ahmadis to death for blasphemy
 Methodist leader reflects on dialogue with Catholic Church
 US bishops to vote for conference secretary, 6 committee leaders
 Gregory Baum, controversial Canadian theologian, dead at 94
 Background: World Mission Sunday
 Episcopal resignations and appointments (10/19)
 Papal audiences (10/19)
 Episcopal resignations and appointments (10/18)

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