Headlines for October 24, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 New papal encyclical urges devotion to Sacred Heart
 Pope to young people at the Synod: ‘Keep moving forward’
 Pope lauds Latin language as ‘treasure trove’
 Synod, October 23: over 1,000 amendments to synod’s final document proposed
 Curial cardinals to face salary cut
 Cardinal Müller salutes Gutierrez as ‘one of the great theologians’
 Traditionalist ordinations to resume in French diocese after 2-year delay
 ‘Always forgive,’ Pope tells confessors
 Vatican urges Hindus to work for inter-religious harmony
 Holy See ‘alarmed’ by radiation risk from Ukraine war, Vatican diplomat says
 Welsh parliament votes against assisted suicide
 Vatican signs accord with Czech Republic, ensuring legal status of Church
 USCCB committee chairmen back emissions data legislation
 Vatican extension of China deal ‘beggars belief,’ activist says

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Friday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr; Ember Friday

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Januarius (d. 304). Very little is known about this martyr saint. He was Bishop of Benevento in Campania. He died near Naples, about the year 304, martyred under the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. Around the year 400 the relics of St. Januarius were moved to Naples,…

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