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Headlines for November 17, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 New report finds rise in persecution of Christians worldwide
 US bishops vote to reissue document on voting without revision
 Senate advances Respect for Marriage Act in bipartisan 62-37 procedural vote
 Pope Francis wants an evangelizing Church in the United States, papal nuncio says
 New USCCB president would welcome meeting with Biden, stands by comments on homosexuality and abuse crisis
 Georgia’s heartbeat abortion ban is held invalid
 Archbishop Gomez calls for evangelizing response to secular age
 French archbishop admits improper behavior, steps aside
 Ghana’s bishops call for ‘crusade against corruption’
 Vatican conference marks Propaganda Fide’s 400th anniversary
 Missionaries to Brazil’s indigenous peoples issue manifesto
 Bishop Barron reconsecrates cemetery vandalized on Halloween
 Prelate links Catholic social teaching, Ukraine’s defense against invasion
 Forest rangers, local towns stop planned cut of Christmas tree for Vatican

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Thursday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of Thanksgiving Day (USA)

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Today in the United States is the Optional Memorial of Thanksgiving Day in the dioceses of the United States. In 1621 colonists in New England gave communal thanks and praise to God for his abundant mercies and blessings. This became a tradition and in 1863 Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed a legal holiday.…

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