Headlines for October 12, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 US nuncio says he’ll stay on, confirms Pope-Biden meeting at end of month
 Pope encourages Sisters of Charity to imitate Martha and Mary
 Freedom, love, giving: Pope reflects on the rich young man’s encounter with Jesus
 Suspected terrorists invade Nigerian seminary, kidnap seminarians
 Dismissing abuse victims’ lawsuit, court rules Vatican cannot be sued in European courts
 Care is the ‘new name for peace’: papal message for Assisi prayer march
 Middle East home to highest rate of religious persecution
 Papal prayer for victims of suicide and their families on World Mental Health Day
 In Los Angeles, Italian parish vandalized with anti-colonization graffiti
 Muslims shoot Christians, killing 2 and wounding several in Okara
 Italian priest beatified

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Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church

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The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church is in honor of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the fire in Rome. The pagan historian Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the…

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