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Headlines for July 11, 2019

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 Search of Vatican tombs yields no clues on missing girl

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 Vincent Lambert dies of starvation
 British government pledges ‘sea change in our approach’ to persecuted Christians
 ‘Doctors should serve life, not take it away,’ Pope Francis says as Vincent Lambert is starved
 Italian bishops’ conference donates 1M euros to South Sudan
 Vatican spokesman: Probe into Sistine Chapel Choir’s finances will continue
 Jharkand Christians see government land probe as persecution
 9 Catholic schools in Memphis close; 6 will reopen as charter schools
 19-year-old Christian arrested in Punjab for blasphemy after fight over cricket match
 Senior Sri Lankan officials will not be charged with murder in Easter attacks
 Pax Christi bishops sign ecumenical statement against war with Iran
 Exarchy created for Ukrainian Catholics in Italy
 Papua Church network seeks reconciliation
 Panama’s bishops call on new president to consider common good, dignity of the person
 Jesuit leader apologizes for slavery at Georgetown
 Russian Orthodox official in hot water for saying men are more intelligent than women
 In Amazon region, Church network advocates for indigenous group threatened by mining

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Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas); Opt Mem of St. Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr

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Today is the Fifth day within the Octave of Christmas. The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170), bishop and martyr. He was born in London and after studying in Paris, he first became chancellor to the king and then in 1162 was chosen Archbishop of Canterbury. He…

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