Headlines for July 12, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope hopes for ‘faithful’ and ‘creative’ interpretation of Lord’s intentions for women and ministry
 Pope Francis: ‘Our world’s problem is not the number of children born into it’
 Americans favor IVF, but also favor protection for fetus
 Sostituto makes official visit to Honduras, a week after admitting he approved false invoice
 Philippines: bishops caution against accepting divorce
 Vatican newspaper rues Europe’s demographic winter
 Uzbek law would punish parents for religious education of children
 Holy See calls for shared international commitment to help African nations ‘build resilience’
 Vatican completes podcast series on Pius XII and the Holocaust
 USCCB awarded over $2.1M to Church in Africa in 2023
 Pope to celebrate Vespers at Santa Maria Maggiore

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Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot

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Today is the Memorial of St. Benedict (480-547), who was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit, he had acquired such a reputation that disciples…

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