Headlines for December 06, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope arrives in Athens, warns of ‘retreat from democracy’
 Pope asks pardon for sins that drove Catholic, Orthodox apart
 Lamenting West’s indifference to refugees, Pope departs from Cyprus
 Pope talks to reporters about democracy, Paris archbishop, EU Christmas document
 Hong Kong’s new bishop hopes to foster healing
 Nuns, deacons arrested in Ethiopia
 US bishops ‘deeply dismayed’ by Biden administration’s reinstatement of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
 Major Archbishop Shevchuk says Pope plans to visit Ukraine
 On return to Rome, Pope visits St. Mary Major
 Papal preacher’s 1st Advent sermon: ‘God sent His Son that we might be adopted as God’s children’
 Israeli archeologists find remains dating back to Sanhedrin
 After oral arguments in landmark ‘Dobbs v. Jackson’ abortion case, experts say Roe’s days are numbered

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