Headlines for November 19, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican approves special norms for Mayan liturgy
 End the scourge of hunger, Pope urges G20 leaders
 Make prison visits a priority, Pope tells Spanish seminarians
 Papal encouragement to Italian youth to encounter Jesus
 Dioceses should commemorate local saints, blesseds each year, Pope writes
 World needs more international cooperation, Cardinal Parolin tells G20
 Pope offers criteria for libraries
 Haitian bishop: international help needed to restore order
 2 martyred Albanian priests beatified
 Kenya archdiocese rejects donations from president
 Brooklyn pastor’s duties trimmed for financial misconduct
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace
 Lebanon’s Christians fear effects of Israeli attacks
 Harris campaign showed ‘aversion’ to Catholic voters, organizer charges
 Details announced for Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers

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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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