Headlines for August 09, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 New Vatican document rejects ‘disproportionate intervention’ to prolong life
 Pope urges hope, patience for Chinese Catholics
 Nicaragua, Brazil break diplomatic ties over crackdown on Church
 Nicaragua expels 7 more Catholic priests
 Anti-bullfighting activists arrested after interrupting Pope’s general audience
 Federal court permits Maine to exclude Catholic schools from tuition reimbursement program
 Christian aid groups cancel ecumenical trip to Holy Land, condemn Israeli violence
 Synod theologian lashes out at Church in United States, upholds German Church as model
 Kenyan splinter groups create ‘Married Bishops’ Conference’
 USCCB responds to claims about Catholic organizations serving migrants
 Knights of Columbus report rise in membership
 US Christian leaders appeal for persecuted religious minorities in India

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Easter

Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of Our Lady of Fatima; Minor Rogation Day

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Today the Church celebrates an Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, which is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary following apparitions to three shepherd children — Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco — in Portugal in 1917. The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin and a…

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