Headlines for July 30, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 German bishops invited to Rome to discuss instruction on parish life
 Vatican cardinal: religious orders need new structures
 Argentine bishop closes seminary after dispute over Communion in hands
 Mexican bishops welcome Supreme Court abortion ruling
 Cardinal Dolan, Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop Gomez call for federal aid for Catholic schools
 Pakistani man, charged with blasphemy, killed in courtroom
 Ghana’s bishops lament current spate of political violence
 Bishop appeals for calm in Sierra Leone
 Anti-Christian violence on the rise in India
 Weakened fair housing rule fails to promote dignity of human person, prelates say
 Mexican priest in critical condition after stabbing
 Canadian court holds archdiocese liable for abuse suffered at Mount Cashel
 Loyola University Maryland removes Flannery O’Connor’s name from hall
 Atlanta archbishop pays tribute to John Lewis, C.T. Vivian
 Sydney archbishop slams state government for anti-slavery failure
 Ugandan priest runs for parliament
 Trump, Biden campaigns reach out to religious voters
 Manila bishop tests positive for CO19
 Church betrayed the dying, British editor charges
 US bishops’ migration chairman calls for prayers for trafficking survivors

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Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Norbert, Bishop

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Norbert (1080-1134). Norbert was born at Xanten near Cologne about the year 1080. As a young cleric he resided at the court of the Archbishop of Cologne and then at that of the emperor where he allowed himself to be influenced by the spirit of the world. But he was won…

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