Headlines for January 08, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 ‘Pray urgently,’ USCCB president says following Iranian attack
 FBI probing McCarrick ties to Papal Foundation
 America’s religious order superiors condemn US killing of Iranian general
 ‘Volcano about to erupt’ in Iraq, Chaldean patriarch warns
 ‘Live through trials by staying close to Christ’: Pope reflects on St. Paul’s shipwreck in Malta
 Bishop says he was given no ‘particular mission’ in troubled Buffalo diocese
 Say no to the spirit of the world that leads us to corruption, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 ‘Soleimani killing must unite Islamic countries,’ Malaysian premier says
 Pope sends condolences following Iran air crash
 Wild New Year’s party hosted at Vatican-owned building in Rome
 Hindu opposition stalls India’s tallest Christ statue
 Moscow patriarch denounces divisions in Eastern Orthodoxy
 Constantinople is the mother church of the Orthodox world, Ecumenical Patriarch affirms
 Myanmar bishop calls for talks as fighting rages in Rakhine
 Vietnamese priests, religious join local protests against dam
 Vatican spokesman warns against lack of charity in speech
 Church in Australia plans national response to bushfire crisis

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Easter

Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Isidore (USA)

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The United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130). He was a Spanish laborer who worked most of his life as a ploughman for a nobleman who lived near Madrid, Spain. Although working many hours a day, he never failed to attend daily Mass, and spend time praying before…

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