Headlines for September 19, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican gives cautious approval for Medjugorje devotions
 Tight secrecy imposed on Synod participants, even after Synod’s conclusion
 USCCB pro-life chairman calls for ‘revival of prayer and action,’ vote for candidates who defend human life, dignity
 Vatican diplomat pushes back against language of plant, animal, and fungi rights
 Pope encourages move to align calendars for Easter
 Blood of St. Januarius liquefies again
 Thousands leaving Catholic Church in Austria
 Pope Francis: Pass along treasure of Poland’s faith, tradition to the young
 Papal appeals for World Alzheimer’s Day, prayer for peace
 Notre Dame theologian wins prestigious Ratzinger Prize
 Papal prayer for European flood victims

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Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels. Each person on earth has a guardian angel who watches over him and helps him to attain his salvation. It has been a common theological opinion that this angelical guardianship begins at the moment of birth; prior to this, the child would…

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