Headlines for November 20, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 English court orders Vatican to turn over internal messages on London deal
 Pope meets with leaders of Roman Curia
 Protect, listen, and heal: papal encouragement for Italian bishops’ efforts to address sexual abuse
 Treat patients with closeness, compassion, and tenderness, Pope tells physicians
 ‘Showered with gifts, we are called in turn to make ourselves a gift,’ Pope preaches on World Day of the Poor
 Do not choose fear, but trust in the Lord, Pope tells pilgrims
 Argentina’s president-elect is critic of Pope Francis
 Renewed papal appeal for peace in Myanmar, Ukraine, Israel and Palestine
 Church of England approves blessings for same-sex couples
 Mexican archbishop defends show of LGBT flags at church funeral
 Iraq’s president meets with Pontiff
 ‘Trans women’ welcomed as papal guests
 Ohio priest sentenced to life in prison for sex-trafficking convictions
 20 Spanish Civil War martyrs beatified in Seville

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Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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