Headlines for December 04, 2024

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 Limit homilies to under 10 minutes, Pope tells priests
 Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square will feature Italian lagoon
 Pope, in book foreword, calls for jubilee ceasefire
 Members of Council of Cardinals discuss collegiality, women, diocesan curias
 South Korean bishops urge president to apologize for martial-law declaration
 Central American bishops urge special prayer for Nicaragua
 500 theologians to attend ‘historic’ Vatican conference
 Hungarian PM Orbán meets with Pope Francis
 Hope is an anchor, Pope says in video
 Archbishop of Canterbury will not join public Christmas celebrations
 ‘Climate of fear’ descends upon Christians after rebel takeover of Aleppo
 US churches encouraged to toll bells for reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

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Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Today is the Memorial of St. Bonaventure (1221-1274), who was born in Italy in 1221. He joined the Franciscan Order and went to Paris for his studies. He was made General of his Order and deserves to be reckoned its second founder for his work in consolidating an institution that was as yet ill-defined in…

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