Headlines for August 14, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope Francis, Los Angeles mayor discuss climate change, immigration
 1 year after bridge collapse, Pope writes to people of Genoa
 Pope remembers Cardinal Obeso as ‘selfless pastor’
 Federal court protects Christian women’s shelter from Anchorage transgender law
 Philippine president declares Blessed Virgin’s nativity a civil holiday
 774 patients euthanized in Ontario during 1st 6 months of 2019
 Church in Peru opens South America’s 1st pediatric cancer hospital
 Murder of parish secretary is latest in series of anti-Catholic incidents in Ivory Coast
 Vatican prefect encourages African Catholic journalists in their efforts for peace
 Archbishop, Catholic Relief Services object to spending freeze on some foreign aid
 Archbishop Cordileone asks: ‘Is it really possible to retrieve a sense of common decency?’
 Singapore archbishop calls for new generation of leaders to confront cultural changes
 Sri Lanka’s Christians admired for nonviolent response to bombings
 Floods in India have left ‘death, devastation and a bleak future,’ bishop says

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Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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The Church celebrates the Solemnity St. Joseph, the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster-father of Jesus. St. Joseph was probably born in Bethlehem and probably died in Nazareth. His important mission in God's plan of salvation was "to legally insert Jesus Christ into the line of David from…

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