Headlines for September 17, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinal Marx: German bishops will proceed with synod despite Vatican warning
 Cardinal Pell appeals to Australia’s top court
 In China, pilgrims flock to save Marian shrine from destruction
 It is illogical to divide peoples or deny hospitality, Pope says in peace message
 Pope encourages Italian Railways to be ‘increasingly attractive, sustainable, and supportive’
 Pray for people in government and political leaders, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Italian polio victim, Dachau martyr beatified
 Vatican abuse commission members discuss vulnerable adults, survivor advisory panels
 In kickoff to speaking tour, Irish abuse survivor says she is disappointed with global reforms
 Nicaragua’s bishops call nation’s crisis of trust ‘an omnipresent virus’
 Prelates criticize expected cut in US refugee admissions
 In Jharkand, man’s relatives kill his young wife because she was Christian and Dalit
 At Polish cross festival, Catholics atone for abuse scandals, vandalism
 Prince Charles to lead UK delegation to Blessed John Henry Newman’s canonization
 St. Thérèse’s relics brought to Scotland’s largest prison

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December 22, O King of the Nations (O Rex Gentium)

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Today is the Sixth of the O Antiphons, O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations). "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return" (Luke 19:12). This nobleman is Christ, the Son of God, King of all nations. His kingdom is over all men and over all things, both…

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