Headlines for May 13, 2024

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 Pope urges obedience to Syro-Malabar liturgical rules
 Peace in politics, in the world starts in people’s hearts, Pope says at World Meeting on Human Fraternity
 Step by step, Jesus leads us to heaven, Pope tells pilgrims
 Children’s Declaration on Fraternity signed during papal meeting with children
 Workers at Vatican Museums file labor complaint
 ‘Work for security, justice and peace in the Sahel,’ papal message urges
 Oblates voice concern about priests detained in Belarus
 Bavaria supports the Church and the protection of life, leader says following papal audience
 Pope: Holy See ready to facilitate exchange of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war
 Teen with rifle disrupts First Communion Mass in Louisiana
 Nigerian Catholic school closed after terrorist attack
 Papal appeals for prayers for peace, mothers
 Decline in birth causes fears for future

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Wed17 September
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Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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