Headlines for October 07, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope resumes Wednesday general audiences on prayer
 Catholic school parents, students protest NY governor’s decision to shut down schools
 Pope marks closing of Season of Creation
 Cardinal Parolin: Pope Benedict approved draft China agreement
 Catholics in Ireland disappointed over new suspension of public worship
 Papal tribute to Stella Maris apostolate
 Biden pledges to make Roe v. Wade ‘the law of the land’ if it is overturned
 US bishops’ education chairman decries exclusion of Catholic school students and families from revised HEROES Act
 Spanish ‘hosts case’ reveals Europe’s internal divisions over human rights
 Italian priest beatified
 Missouri bishop’s letter on voting sparks controversy among Kansas City Catholics
 Federal judge forbids New York from shutting down faith-based adoption service
 Indoor Masses resume in San Francisco
 Fratelli tutti is ‘symphonic,’ leading Australian bishop says
 Cardinal likens fading Christian presence in Middle East to a sinking ship
 Irish Christian leaders: ‘Act with urgency’ to end Brexit uncertainty
 Klausener remembered as 1st Catholic victim of Nazi regime

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Friday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr; Ember Friday

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Januarius (d. 304). Very little is known about this martyr saint. He was Bishop of Benevento in Campania. He died near Naples, about the year 304, martyred under the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. Around the year 400 the relics of St. Januarius were moved to Naples,…

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