Headlines for November 05, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Disgraced Bishop Bransfield not welcome at US bishops’ meeting
 ‘It is necessary to overcome the legacy of the Enlightenment,’ Pope tells leaders of Catholic universities
 Pope preaches about the Resurrection during Requiem Mass for deceased cardinals, bishops
 In new book-length interview, Pope Francis discusses Church’s missionary nature
 Venezuela cardinal: Maduro leading nation to ruin
 Pope prays for Christians, other victims of violence in Ethiopia
 Catholics, Orthodox Christians face threat of ethnic cleansing in northern Syria
 Nicaraguan cardinal decries desecration of protesters’ tombs
 Catholic patriarch decries corruption, sectarianism as Iraqi protests continue
 British government examines human rights, including religious freedom, in 30 countries
 Rome’s pontifical universities award 1st joint diplomas in integral ecology
 Colombian bishops call for ‘3 minutes for peace’
 Church leaders launch anti-poverty drive in Philippines
 Jesuits celebrate 50 years of emphasis on social justice
 Irish nun, winner of State Department award, promotes girls’ education in South Sudan

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Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Fabian, Pope & Martyr; Opt Mem St. Sebastian, Martyr

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St. Fabian and St. Sebastian have always been paired together, with their names coupled in the ancient martyrologies, and still paired in the Litany of Saints. The Church today celebrates separate Optional Memorials for Sts. Fabian and Sebastian: St. Fabian (d. 250) was Pope from 236 to…

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