Headlines for October 08, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican cardinal welcomes Pelosi visit
 Pope to name St. Irenaeus of Lyon a doctor of the Church
 Pope dropping plan for October visit to Scotland?
 French archbishop to discuss confessional seal with government leader
 Merkel and Pope discuss climate change in farewell visit
 New Biden administration rule allowing Title X funds for abortion called ‘offensive’ to millions
 Leading Muslim cleric praises Fratelli Tutti
 Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates Tested in New York Case
 Pennsylvania nuns again lose challenge to Atlantic Sunrise pipeline
 Missouri’s 4 bishops urge state leaders to end executions
 Tajikistan punishes ‘underground’ religious formation for children
 Oklahoma judge blocks 2 abortion laws, allows 3 others
 California rolls back assisted-suicide safeguards
 Indian Christians demand action against church attackers
 ‘Extraordinary’ changes seen in Saudi educational system’s treatment of Christianity
 How and when will Church in France compensate victims of ‘systemic’ child abuse?

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Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus (1515-1582). Teresa was born in Avila and died in Alba, Spain. When only a child of seven, she ran away from home in the hope of being martyred by the Moors; in this way, she said she could come to see God. At the age of eighteen she joined the…

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