Headlines for October 05, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 French report: over 300,000 victims of clerical abuse [updated]
 Pope, other religious leaders issue pre-COP26 appeal on climate change
 Pope Francis thanks Christian disability group for witnessing to ‘the heart of the Gospel’
 Pope says all faiths should promote education
 Maronite Patriarch decries Hezbollah influence in Lebanon
 Attorney general orders FBI to probe opposition to school boards
 China accelerates Sinicization of Catholic Church
 New papal appeal for peace in Myanmar
 Pope calls for more humane prison life after Ecuador deaths
 2 Italian laywomen beatified
 Mexico’s bishops urge nation to return to policy of ‘open arms’
 Rash of anti-Christian violence across India
 New date set for World Youth Day in 2023
 Vatican UN observer: law requires commitment to justice
 British court says unborn child has no rights under European Convention on Human Rights
 Another Pentecostal pastor arrested in Himachal Pradesh
 Papal tribute to Cardinal dos Santos, ‘indefatigable servant of the Gospel’
 Canadian bishops conclude meeting, elect new president

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The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord became widespread in the West in the 11th century and was introduced into the Roman calendar in 1457 to commemorate the victory over Islam in Belgrade. Before that, the Transfiguration of the Lord was celebrated in the Syrian, Byzantine, and Coptic rites. The…

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