Headlines for September 12, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican, Beijing negotiating renewal of secret accord
 German Church leaders approve permanent Synod council
 ‘Share a living experience of the faith,’ Pope tells catechists
 Papal address to Pontifical Academy: ‘Science is a tool for peace’
 ‘God always searches for us when we are lost’: papal Sunday Angelus address
 Pope sends cardinal to Ukraine ‘to show my closeness’
 New papal message for 2023 World Youth Day
 Pope seeks prayers for his ‘peace pilgrimage’ in Kazakhstan
 Yeshiva University doesn’t have to recognize LGBTQ student group for now, Sotomayor rules
 Italian prelate to oversee Vatican’s diplomatic personnel
 Nigerian archbishop: insecurity breakdown is country’s ‘darkest chapter’
 Catholic colleges offer coed dorm rooming
 Papal plane to avoid flight over Russia, Ukraine on journey to Kazakhstan
 Ukrainian Catholic leader lauds soldiers’ heroism on 200th day of war
 Orthodox Church of Latvia secedes from Moscow

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Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas); Opt Mem of St. Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr

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Today is the Fifth day within the Octave of Christmas. The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170), bishop and martyr. He was born in London and after studying in Paris, he first became chancellor to the king and then in 1162 was chosen Archbishop of Canterbury. He…

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