Headlines for October 04, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Defense lawyers question fairness of Vatican trial
 Become like children before God, Pope tells pilgrims
 Cardinal Turkson opposes denial of Communion for Biden
 German ‘Synodal Path’ set back by lack of quorum [News/Analysis]
 Papal encouragement for youth at World Food Forum
 Australian plenary council begins—the 1st since 1937
 Three members of Swiss Guard resign over vaccine mandate
 ‘Jesus asks us all, and you as well, to be missionary disciples,’ Pope says
 Vatican announces 40-day Laudato Si’ prayer campaign
 Old Testament expert, philosopher from Germany win 2021 Ratzinger Prizes
 Vatican releases details of Synod on Synodality’s opening ceremonies
 Papal aid for disaster victims in South Sudan, Greece
 Beatification set for Pauline Jaricot
 First female chancellor for pontifical Urbaniana University
 Chilean Cardinal Medina Estevez dead at 94
 Papal tribute to St. Thérèse of Lisieux
 Catholic, other religious leaders in UK call for ‘transformational’ climate action
 Kentucky diocese’s LGBT commission: Respect for life includes respect for LGBT lives
 Forbes previews Vatican financial trial, notes papal involvement
 ‘Abandoned by all’: Vatican newspaper laments plight of starving Afghans

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Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhlūf, Priest

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The Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlūf (1828-1868) is celebrated today. He was a Lebanese monk, born in a small mountain village and ordained in 1858. Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he spent the last twenty-three years of his life as a hermit. Despite temptations to wealth and comfort, Saint…

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