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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Memorial of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Athanasius (295-373), Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying the Godhead of the Word the Arians turned Christ into a mere man, only higher in grace than others in the eyes of…

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