Headlines for August 30, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 McCarrick ruled incompetent; charges dropped
 Pope, at general audience, pays tribute to St. Kateri Tekakwitha
 New environmental encyclical to be released October 4
 Pro-life activists convicted, face long prison terms
 Russian government welcomes Pope’s remarks
 Bishop Hubbard’s relatives complain about funeral homily
 Christians in Burkina Faso suffering ‘on a daily basis’ from Islamic terrorism
 Interfaith declaration for protection of the elderly signed in Argentina
 Cardinal Zen describes new Hong Kong cardinal as ‘excellent bishop’
 Argentina’s bishops grapple with their country’s past
 Allow Catholics to continue to have a say in school governance, Scottish archbishop urges
 Cameroon bishops: Send children to school despite fears of violence
 Papal adviser sees Jesus as ‘rigid,’ needing conversion
 Author explores how American Jesuits profited from slavery
 Sri Lankan bishops lament rising hunger, breakdown of law and order

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Gospel Excerpt, Cycle C, Luke 12:49-53: Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the…

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