Headlines for November 20, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Canonizations set for Bl. Carlo Acutis, Pier Giorgio Frassati
 At weekly audience, Pope speaks on charisms
 Pope Francis changes rules for papal funeral, wants plain casket
 Pope sends letter of closeness to Ukraine, marking 1,000 days of war
 France hit hardest in attacks on Catholic churches
 Ukrainian Catholic leader marks 1,000 days of death, hope
 Pope announces plan for World Meeting on Children’s Rights
 Jimmy Lai testifies at Hong Kong national-security trial
 Armenian leader discusses peace with Pontiff
 Pope urges prayers to escape nuclear threat
 Iranian convert sentenced to 10 years for evangelizing
 Priest executed by Nazis is beatified in Germany
 Abuse is a ‘betrayal of life,’ Pope tweets
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ offers overview of diplomatic activity in Africa
 USCCB awards $8.8M to 329 projects in Central, Eastern Europe
 ‘Red Wednesday’ puts persecution of Christians in spotlight

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Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr

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Today is the Optional Memorial of Saint Apollinaris (d. 79). Early accounts report that Apollinaris was ordained bishop by Saint Peter himself and sent as a missionary bishop to Ravenna during the reign of the emperor Claudius. Renowned for his powers to heal in the name of Christ, he was frequently exiled,…

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