Headlines for September 20, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican to require Covid vaccine ‘passport’
 Pope Francis: Synodality is not about fashion, it is the Church of the Acts of the Apostles
 Admit failings on abuse and put victims first: papal message to bishops of Central and Eastern Europe
 Act like Jesus by giving primacy to service, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope Francis recalls Marian apparition of La Salette
 New Belarusian archbishop appointed as conflict with government continues
 Canadian archbishop: Only fully vaccinated can attend Mass
 Tigray bishop pleads for release of humanitarian aid
 Blood of St. Januarius liquefies; miracle reassures Naples
 South African archbishop sees pagan cults as obstacle
 Mozambique bishop: ‘Nobody asks for martyrdom, but is is something that can happen at any moment’
 Catholic hospitals urge South Australia’s government to mandate Covid vaccine for health workers
 Assembly, the first of its kind, to address future of Church in Latin America
 Notre Dame structurally stable; reconstruction can begin
 Papal prayer for detainees, Mexican flood victims
 Taliban victory will cause problems for Pakistan’s Christians, Paul Bhatti predicts
 Manila cardinal contracts Covid

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Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Fabian, Pope & Martyr; Opt Mem St. Sebastian, Martyr

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St. Fabian and St. Sebastian have always been paired together, with their names coupled in the ancient martyrologies, and still paired in the Litany of Saints. The Church today celebrates separate Optional Memorials for Sts. Fabian and Sebastian: St. Fabian (d. 250) was Pope from 236 to…

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