Headlines for October 29, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Biden denied Communion because of abortion advocacy
 Italian bishops’ agency published prayer to Pachamama
 Turkish forces doing ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing in northeast Syria, advocate warns
 Report warns: Christianity may disappear from Syria and Iraq
 British abuse inquiry raps approach of Vatican, English cardinal
 In the struggle between good and evil, choose salvation, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Vatican diplomat calls for protection of rights of unborn, expresses ‘deep concern’ about sex education
 Christians, Jews, Muslims sign interfaith statement rejecting euthanasia
 Texas court: police must return documents to Dallas diocese
 Irish bishop warns against yoga in schools
 Maronite patriarch speaks out against Hezbollah’s ‘red lines’ in Lebanon
 San Diego bishop supports synod call to study diaconate for women
 Nigerian bishop reflects on Europe’s secularization
 USCCB grants $9.9M to home mission dioceses
 Brownback shares ambitions of $25M campaign to protect holy sites

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Today is the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist. The Church, having celebrated the earthly birthday of St. John the Baptist on June 24, today honors the anniversary of his martyrdom. Besides our Lord and our Lady, St. John the Baptist is the only one whose birth and death are thus celebrated.…

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