Headlines for October 23, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinal-designate Radcliffe denies making published remarks about African bishops and homosexuality, Cardinal Ambongo says
 Pope, at general audience, reflects on the Holy Spirit and the Sacrament of Marriage
 Indonesian cardinal-designate declines red hat
 Gustavo Gutierrez, father of liberation theology, dead at 96
 Church made no effort to end past clerical abuse, Irish archbishop says
 The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral, Vatican diplomat says at UN
 Pope laments ‘terrible’ death toll in Ukraine
 Buffalo diocese cautions priests against involvement in parish-closing appeals
 Cardinal Eugenio Dal Corso, Italian missionary bishop, dies at 85
 Migration has transformed Church in North Africa, cardinal says
 Armenian church helps prepare texts for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
 Vatican hosts conference for laity on Confession

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Memorial of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Augustine (354-430). Augustine was born at Tagaste, Africa, and died in Hippo. His father, Patricius, was a pagan; his mother, Monica, a devout Christian. He received a good Christian education. As a law student in Carthage, however, he gave himself to all…

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