Headlines for October 28, 2024

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 ‘An endless party,’ not an ‘aged marriage’: Pope approves synod’s final document, will not issue apostolic exhortation
 Pope concludes synod with call for a missionary Church
 ‘The cry, faith, the journey’: papal reflection on Christ’s healing of Bartimaeus
 Leading Vatican diplomat laments violations of right to life
 Serve migrants, Pope encourages Scalabrinian missionaries
 Pakistani Christian man arrested for protesting daughter’s forced marriage
 Abrahamic Family House delegation meets with Pontiff
 Iranian archbishop: quest for supremacy bars path of peace
 Pontiff mourns destruction of hospitals, schools in wartime; renews appeal for prayers for peace
 Cellphones in confessionals: a security risk?
 Michigan ranked last among US states on religious freedom
 Jesuits, Pope mourn slain Mexican priest
 Papal encouragement of Catholic-Jewish relations
 Spend time in prayer with new Sacred Heart encyclical, USCCB president advises

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Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Peter Claver (1581-1654), who was born of a distinguished family in Catalonia, Spain. He became a Jesuit in 1604, and left for Colombia in 1610, dedicating himself to the service of black slaves. For thirty-three years he ministered to slaves, caring for the…

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