Headlines for October 15, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 5th Circuit reinstates Texas heartbeat abortion ban while appeal is pending
 100 incidents of vandalism reported at Catholic sites in US since May 2020
 Do not be accomplices to abortion, Pope tells Italian pharmacists
 Pope Francis: ‘I will never tire of upholding the dignity of work’
 Pope lauds ‘ambitious goal’ of eliminating hunger
 Children have suffered most from lockdowns, Vatican diplomat says
 Papal visit to East Timor contingent on vaccination rates?
 Vatican-backed abuse research institute expands mandate
 Nigeria working to persuade terrorists to abandon violence
 Most US churches not pushing vaccines, poll finds
 Parents still interested in schools with Catholic ethos, Archbishop of Dublin says
 Latino Catholics are among the most vaccinated religious groups
 English bishops call for 9 days of prayer to defeat attempt to legalize assisted suicide
 8 years after abduction, new Orthodox archbishop named in Aleppo
 Prelate discusses mission, work of Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization

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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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