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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Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret, Bishop

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Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret (1807-1870), bishop, the founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Anthony Mary Claret died in the Cistercian monastery at Fontfroide in France on this date in 1870. He was canonized in 1950 and listed in the…

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