Headlines for October 07, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Federal court halts enforcement of Texas abortion law
 Acquittal in Vatican seminary abuse trial
 ‘This is a moment of shame’: Pope Francis responds to French abuse commission report
 Poll shows most US Catholics unaware of restrictions on traditional Mass
 Pope launches ecological studies at Lateran University
 Papal focus on synodality in address to Catholic-Orthodox working group
 Federal rules limit religious exemptions to vaccination
 Pope Francis creates new Vatican foundation for Catholic hospitals facing financial difficulties
 USCCB: French abuse report ‘underscores the need for us to repent ‘
 Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Pope Francis
 Irish bishops call for climate action, provide update on Synodal Pathway
 Indigenous ‘expert’ who advised book burnings at Catholic schools in Canada draws scrutiny
 Sant’Egidio community hosts major interreligious gathering
 Black Catholic administrators call out treatment of Haitians at border
 Synods can become entrenched structures, Anglican primate cautions
 ‘People are slaughtering each other’: in South Sudan, Church leaders work for peace

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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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