Headlines for September 06, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 McCarrick ‘created a culture of fear and intimidation,’ Seton Hall investigation finds
 ‘Return to Nazareth’ to renew priestly identity, Pope tells Mozambique’s bishops, priests, and religious
 ‘Foster a renewed future of peace and reconciliation,’ Pope tells Mozambique’s leaders
 Pope advises Mozambique’s youth to avoid resignation, anxiety
 Pope arrives in Madagascar on 2nd leg of trip
 Cardinal Etchegaray ‘profoundly’ influenced the life of the Church, Pope says in telegram
 Philippines: bishops welcome court decision against same-sex marriage
 Maronite bishops support appeal to UN against Israeli drone attacks
 English prelate decries arms trade
 Indian archbishop rues ‘freedom of religion’ bill
 Papal tribute to Colombian cardinal who ‘worked courageously for peace and the common good’
 Brazilian government should not fear October synod, bishop says
 German bishops press forward with binding ‘synodal assembly’
 Poland’s bishops create child-protection office

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Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Bridget, Religious

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Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Bridget (1302-1373), patron saint of Sweden. She married a young prince and lived happily with him for 28 years, bearing him eight children. St. Catherine of Sweden was their daughter. After her husband died, Bridget founded the Order of the Most Holy…

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