Headlines for September 02, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope begins longest foreign voyage
 Cardinal Parolin previews Pope’s voyage; first stop in Indonesia
 Jesus teaches that purity is a matter of inner dispositions, Pope tells pilgrims
 Fraternity, availability, commitment to peace: papal encouragement for Capuchin Franciscans
 Pontiff condemns jihadist massacre in Burkina Faso
 Pope Francis: Ask the Blessed Virgin Mary to obtain for us a ‘sincere, strong, inviolable faith’
 The Eucharist makes us one body: papal letter
 Papal gratitude for electricity, criticism of ‘dirty energy,’ encouragement of innovation
 New Jersey diocese sues federal agencies over clergy visas
 Priest leaves ministry for marriage; Italian bishop urges support
 Nigerian bishops liken foreign debt to enslavement
 Canadian bishop faces inquiry on Father Rosica abuse charges
 Polish court blocks changes in religious education
 Papal solidarity with Ukrainians amid Russian attacks on energy infrastructure
 Seminarian beatified as martyr in Slovakia
 French parish church devastated by fire; cause unknown
 Papal call for release of hostages, aid for polio outbreak in Gaza

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Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Today is the Memorial of St. Bonaventure (1221-1274), who was born in Italy in 1221. He joined the Franciscan Order and went to Paris for his studies. He was made General of his Order and deserves to be reckoned its second founder for his work in consolidating an institution that was as yet ill-defined in…

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