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 Our Lady of the Rosary

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The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary was instituted to honor Mary for the Christian victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Pope St. Pius V and all Christians had prayed the Rosary for victory. The Rosary, or the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is one of the best prayers to Mary, the…

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