Headlines for October 01, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican police raid Secretariat of State
 Pope encourages Italian missionaries in their work
 Cardinal warns against German ‘national church’
 Promote a culture of hope by caring for the young and the old, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Vatican Secretary of State, at UN, calls for universal health coverage—with qualifications
 Pope offers prayers for Cameroon, migrants
 Ban on woman priests is not dogma, says key figure in Amazon Synod
 Report says New York archdiocese has removed all credibly accused priests
 Pope sends almoner to visit migrants in agricultural ‘ghetto’
 Church begins Extraordinary Missionary Month
 Federal judge halts Michigan’s new gay adoption rules
 Papua New Guinea prelate negotiates conscience protection for Catholic hospitals, doctors
 ‘Vast majority’ of Russian priests in Western Europe leave Ecumenical Patriarchate for Moscow
 Pope’s October prayer intention: a missionary ‘spring’ in the Church
 Vatican newspaper: Laudato Si’ is the Rerum Novarum of our day
 China’s repressive reach is growing, Washington Post warns in editorial
 Church in Gabon celebrates 175th anniversary of evangelization
 Manila cardinal baptizes 450 street children

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