Headlines for September 14, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 ‘Virtual’ Mass never substitutes for in-person participation, Cardinal Sarah tells bishops’ conferences
 Milwaukee archbishop reinstates Sunday Mass obligation, warns skipping is grave sin
 Cardinal Tagle tests positive for Covid
 Contemplation, compassion emphasized in renewed papal appeal for ecology
 Pope Francis calls on protestors to be peaceful, leaders to listen to them
 Reject resentment, ‘that bothersome fly,’ and forgive, Pope tells pilgrims
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ in Belarus for talks on archbishop’s status
 Pope consoles relatives of 2018 stampede victims
 Former Salvadoran colonel jailed for 1989 killing of Jesuits
 Vatican Secretary of State insists Belarus must allow archbishop’s return
 Belarus invites Pope to visit nation
 Papal solidarity for Lésvos fire victims
 Canadian bishops reject priest’s dire prophecies
 Western Australian legislative committee recommends preserving confessional seal
 ‘We need miracles to overcome this crisis,’ Lebanese priest says
 United Arab Emirates helps rebuild Catholic church in Mosul
 Leading German bishop ponders Covid’s effects
 Archbishop Warda, other Iraqi Christians denounce BBC documentary for omissions
 Co-founder of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal among Chicago’s new auxiliary bishops

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Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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