Headlines for July 19, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope tells children that the most beautiful thing in life is making peace
 Vatican argues brokers ‘not in good faith’ as London trial closes
 Cardinal Hollerich says he’s ‘not sure’ whether women’s ordination should be ‘completely excluded’
 Vatican diplomat lists 3 principles that should underpin international community’s efforts
 Vatican releases schedule for papal visit to Belgium, Luxembourg
 Pope stresses peace in message for Paris Olympics
 100 bishops at National Eucharistic Congress opening Mass
 USCCB committee chairman asks Secretary Blinken to remove Cuba from terrorism sponsor list
 Suspended priests serving fractious Carmelite community, Texas diocese reports
 Catholic Charities challenge Michigan law on gender therapy
 Vatican newspaper editor calls for Christian meekness in political life
 Heart of Blessed Carlo Acutis venerated in Germany
 Vatican dicastery to manage pontifical university’s publishing house

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Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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Today is the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Sacred Scripture celebrated the beauty of Carmel where the prophet Elijah defended the purity of Israel's faith in the living God. In the twelfth century, hermits withdrew to that mountain and later founded the Carmelite order devoted to the…

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