Headlines for October 09, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Rare public conflict at Vatican over laicization of Argentine priest
 Pope, at general audience, reflects on the Holy Spirit in the Acts of the Apostles
 Synod, October 8: final document commission members chosen; leading Latin American prelate raises prospect of married priests
 Synod names commission to prepare final document
 Priest shot and killed in Cameroon
 Vatican diplomat calls for renewed international action to combat ‘scourge of drug use’
 Colorado court dismisses case against cake artist
 Vatican calls attention to efforts by Pius XII to save Jews
 USCCB, Georgia bishops intervene on behalf of death row inmate
 Bishop Tissier de Mallerais, ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre, dead at 79
 Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week abortion ban while appeal is heard

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Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

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Today is the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. At the time that Jesus summoned him to follow Him, Matthew was a publican, that is, a tax-collector for the Romans. His profession was hateful to the Jews because it reminded them of their subjection; the publican, also, was regarded by the…

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