Headlines for August 09, 2024

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 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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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Maurus (512-584), one of the first disciples of St. Benedict. In this son of a patrician Roman family, entrusted by his parents to the father of western monasticism, Benedictine tradition celebrates the perfect monk, and the model of childlike obedience. Many…

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