Headlines for October 21, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Worldwide baptisms fall over 15% in 6 years
 Papal encyclical on Sacred Heart to be released this week
 Pope Francis canonizes 14 saints
 Synod, October 18: some delegates angered by Cardinal Fernández’s absence from dialogue
 Father Radcliffe: discuss Synod document without fear
 Priest killed in Mexico’s Chiapas state
 Peruvian cardinal-designate condemns lay group as fascist revival
 Another pro-life activist begins lengthy prison sentence
 Eswatini’s king meets with Pontiff
 Following synod’s conclusion, synod leaders will ‘reread’ Church’s last 60 years
 Renewed papal gratitude for children’s Rosary for peace
 Passionists elect new superior general

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Robert Molesme (1027-1110), traditionally considered to be the founder of the Cistercians, the reform that developed at Citeaux, France. Meditation for Friday of the Second Week of Easter The Sacrament of Penance 1. "At…

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