Headlines for October 18, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 We are not condemned to exclusion and inequality, Pope tells popular movements
 ‘The disciples want to rise up, and Jesus wants to immerse Himself,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 17 Christian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
 Patients come first, Pope reminds biomedical researchers
 Myanmar’s military strikes 2 churches
 Private papal visit to Assisi announced
 Pope tells new bishops to serve, not rule
 French prime minister meets Pope amid furor on abuse, confessional seal
 UK police prevented priest from giving last rites to murdered MP
 Los Angeles removes St. Junípero Serra’s name from park
 127 martyrs beatified in Córdoba
 Nebraska priest charged with siphoning funds from colleague with dementia
 Mystery fire destroys old church in Australia
 Catholic, Muslim dignitaries in Bosnia call for tensions to be defused
 Study predicts 30% of US churches will close
 Cardinal Gregory pours praise on America’s embattled press
 Sicilian archdiocese imposes moratorium on godparents

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Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Albert the Great, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

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Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great (c. 1200-1280), son of a German nobleman. While studying at Padua when the Master General of the Dominicans, Jordan of Saxony, succeeded in attracting him to that Order. He was to become one of its greatest glories. After taking his…

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