Headlines for November 22, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 ‘Go forward in the footsteps of the first missionaries,’ Pope preaches to Thailand’s Catholics
 Argentine bishop blasts prosecutors for seeking his arrest
 Vatican officials tapped suspect Swiss bank for controversial loan
 Bear witness to Jesus but do not proselytize, Pope tells US Catholic youth
 Pope calls for ‘merciful care born of love and respect’ in Catholic health care
 Belgian priest convicted of abuse became Caritas director in Central African Republic
 ‘See, stop, touch’: Pope sends message to conference on Catholic social doctrine
 Vatican diplomat calls for stronger commitment to international law
 Erdogan claims to be defender of Christians, but Christians in Turkey and Syria are afraid
 Uttar Pradesh proposes ‘even tougher’ anti-conversion law
 French church desecrated
 British government ‘concerned’ by Iran’s treatment of Christians
 Argentine court dismisses transgender lawsuit against archbishop
 Bolivian parish becomes makeshift morgue as violence continues
 Catholic Relief Services works to discourage migration from Liberia
 Over 2,000 Jesuit school students push for action in Washington
 Agreement between Angola, Holy See grants legal recognition to Church

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Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac (1735-1839), priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs. St. Andrew was one of 117 people who were martyred in Vietnam between 1820 and 1862. The last of the martyrs were 17 laypersons, one of them a 9-year-old, executed in 1862. The…

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