Headlines for January 06, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Chaldean patriarch: Iraqis are in shock, fearful
 Pope appeals for self-control, dialogue amid heightened threat of war
 In address to pilgrims, Pope reflects on meaning of Jesus’ birth
 ‘Conflict must be rejected,’ nuncio in Iran says
 Jesus is the only Savior, Pope tweets
 ‘Very sad and heartbreaking’: Cardinal Turkson reacts to tensions between US, Iran
 Australian bishops extend prayer campaign in response to devastating fires
 New Armenian patriarch praises Turkey’s Erdogan
 Ivory Coast cardinal calls for release of opposition figure’s supporters
 Methodists propose to split over same-sex marriage, clergy impasse
 Archbishop Paglia: Reject euthanasia, assisted suicide, and abandonment of the sick
 Following Trump speech, La Civiltà Cattolica editor recommends ‘ecumenism of hatred’ article
 Church in Pakistan begins ‘year of youth’

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Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop; Ember Wednesday

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury (d. 605), who was born in Rome and died in Canterbury, England, in 604. When Pope Gregory I heard that the pagans of Britain were disposed to accept the Catholic Faith, he sent the prior of St. Andrew, Augustine, and forty of his Benedictine…

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