Headlines for July 16, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope addresses 6 religious institutes, emphasizes beauty and simplicity
 Vatican press office provides unprecedented billing for Sostituto
 Vatican approval for devotions at Italian ‘Shrine of the Rock’
 Vatican diplomat calls for ‘radical and transformative action’ on international debt
 Unauthorized exorcisms led to expulsion of New Zealand religious community?
 Federal court orders school to reinstate Christian club that upholds biblical teaching on marriage
 Indian bishops meet with prime minister to discuss attacks on Christians
 US bishops publish pastoral letter to youth and young adults
 Mexican cardinal urges Pontiff not to suppress traditional Mass
 Washington judge denies state AG’s subpoena against Seattle archdiocese

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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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