Headlines for November 16, 2023

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 Transparency needs to be balanced by ‘effectiveness,’ Vatican finance leader tells Pope
 Pope Francis, local bishop lament slaughter in Cameroon village
 Holiness enriches families, communities, Pope says
 US bishops approve supplements to ‘Faithful Citizenship,’ affirm abortion ‘preeminent’ among issues
 Vatican plans shift to electric cars
 Prayer more important than programs, Pope tells US priests
 Swiss bishops speak to Pope about sexual abuse scandal
 Bishop Strickland appears near, but not at, bishops’ meeting
 English bishops welcome UK Supreme Court decision blocking deportation of asylum-seekers
 New Ways Ministry criticizes letter on gender ideology by San Francisco, Oakland bishops
 USCCB moves forward with Institute on the Catechism

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Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot

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Today is the Memorial of St. Benedict (480-547), who was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit, he had acquired such a reputation that disciples…

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