Headlines for October 01, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Synod retreat, day 1: ‘Stripping ourselves before the other and before God’
 Vatican spokesman defends papal record on sexual abuse, chides non-Catholic institutions
 Israel targets Hezbollah, but also strikes Christians
 Church workers donate heavily to Democratic candidates, study finds
 Chinese officials removing crosses from churches
 Pope meets with advocates of women’s diaconate ahead of Synod opening
 Catholic radio reporter killed in Democratic Republic of Congo
 Australian bishop pleads not guilty to multiple criminal charges
 New York bishop opposes ballot item promoting gender ideology
 Vatican envoy urges UN to clarify understanding of human rights
 1st Angolan cardinal dies at 99; suffered exile, abduction
 Vermont diocese files for bankruptcy
 Continuing trend, Pope transfers French bishop to smaller diocese
 Our Sunday Visitor ceases publication as weekly newspaper, becomes monthly magazine
 October papal prayer intention: for a shared mission

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Thursday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Bernward of Hildesheim (960-1022), a Benedictine bishop, architect, painter, sculptor, and metalsmith. He was the Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany from 993 till 1020. Bernward encouraged the arts; commissioned religious paintings and sculpture, refurbished existing…

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