Headlines for September 16, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope Francis: Become guardians of life and earth with contemplation and care
 New head for office of Synod of Bishops
 Cardinal decries Spanish euthanasia bill
 Bishop chairmen affirm right to shelter for all, praise proposed HUD regulation on the transgendered homeless
 US teens take after their parents religiously
 Bayer to pay $1.6 billion to resolve US claims for Essure birth-control device
 Members of National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus say action is needed
 New Zealand bishops’ election statement opposes euthanasia, urges cannabis caution
 Campaign names 3 dozen ‘Catholics for Biden’ co-chairs
 Detroit-area pastor apologizes for priest’s homily comparing BLM to 9/11 terrorists
 Diocese of Charlotte formally opens $20M college seminary as Church membership soars
 Papua New Guinea bishops see many challenges after 45 years of independence
 Chinese priest compares Vatican-Beijing accord, concordat with Hitler
 Catholic group launches $9.7M campaign against Biden targeting swing-state voters
 Questionable Philippine ‘religious order’ set up orphanage where abuse occurred
 Cardinal Pell: Father Paul Mankowski reminded me of St. Ignatius of Loyola
 As release of Pope’s encyclical nears, Vatican spokesman reflects on St. Francis and brotherhood

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231), religious. She was the daughter of Andrew II, King of Hungary, and wife of Duke Louis IV of Thuringia. She is famous for her great kindness and inexhaustible charity towards the poor and the sick. The Roman…

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