Headlines for July 31, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 English bishops issue statement on vaccination
 San Francisco archbishop calls for prayer, fasting for restoration of unhindered public worship
 US bishops renew call for abolition of nuclear weapons
 Women religious superiors abuse power, influential Jesuit journal charges
 Congress holds hearing on missing Chinese bishop
 ‘Stop ignoring faith communities’: Cardinal Lacroix on Quebec’s Covid response
 Prelates criticize Trump administration’s new DACA limits
 First native Russian Catholic bishop appointed
 Physician-assisted suicides double in Canada over 2-year period
 Abortion pill is ‘imminent’ public health danger, pro-life leaders tell FDA
 US lawmakers renew interest in defunding UN bodies over abortion
 US House of Representatives unanimously denounces conversion of Hagia Sophia to mosque
 Brooklyn priest arrested for allegedly trading explicit photos with teen
 Plight of poorest Christian families in Damascus is worsening

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Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church

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The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church is in honor of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the fire in Rome. The pagan historian Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the…

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