Headlines for October 06, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican court rebukes prosecution in financial trial
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘Christ has set us free’
 ‘Shame and horror’: French bishops react to report on sexual abuse of 216,000 children
 As Legion of Christ fought sex abuse claims, secret trusts sheltered millions offshore
 Pope Francis prays for victims following report on clerical sexual abuse in France
 Do not confuse utility with happiness, Pope tells pontifical academy conference participants
 Hostility, conflict are fruits of the Devil, Pope tells Vatican police
 In video message, Pope encourages young people to create a new economy
 Belarusian government steps in to defend Catholic priests
 Status report on 18 state AG investigations into Catholic dioceses and abuse
 Vietnamese priest calls state media attacks against him ‘slander’
 A new Catholic Bishops Conference of Central Asia is born

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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA)

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Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for…

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