Headlines for August 05, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Syro-Malabar archbishop says Vatican ordered immediate resignation
 Vatican economic overseer sees progress, warns of future uncertainty
 Archbishop Gallagher defends Vatican neutrality in Ukraine conflict
 US sues Idaho over abortion law, cites medical treatment
 ‘Summit meeting’ in view as Pope meets Russian Orthodox official?
 Lebanese Patriarch seeks international probe of Beirut explosion
 Pope calls on priests to be compassionate shepherds, recalls St. John Vianney
 USCCB hails environmental, health-care cost provisions in massive economic bill
 Nigeria is on the path of disintegration, bishop warns
 Portuguese cardinal meets Pope amid abuse cover-up complaints
 Pennsylvania diocese settles with abuse victims
 Chinese embassy reacts to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit with anti-Catholic tweet
 UK transgender clinic to close after damning report: ‘not safe’ for children
 Vatican cardinal opens Pardon of Bibione
 Colombian prelate who brokered peace deal dead at 80
 Vatican newspaper draws renewed attention to crisis in Lebanon

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Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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