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- For Brooklyn, “Columbus” Day Comes Early – In NY Homecoming, Pope Taps Brennan to Succeed “The Czar”
  
  In the first Stateside move of the Vatican’s new working year, the most significant opening on the current US docket is off the table… and as Mets fans can always use good news, for once they’re in...
- Amid US Bench's Communion Clash, The "Holy Office" Flashes A Red Light
  
  As some US bishops advocate levying de facto sanctions on President Biden and other Catholic politicians for their support of legal abortion, the Holy See's distinct, but veiled skepticism over a...
- "A Child Can Teach Us How To Love" – Despite COVID and Curfews, Christus Natus Est
  
  Before anything else, especially amid all the sorrows, fears, loss and disorientation of a brutal year across the globe, Buon Natale a tutti – to one and all, a Blessed Christmas... may all its light,
- "The Poor Are The Center of The Gospel" – At Vatican "Festivus," The Church's Choice: "The Docility of the Shepherds, or the Defensiveness of Herod"
  
  Fifteen years (less a day) since Benedict XVI revolutionized the Roman Pontiff's Christmas "greeting" to the leaders of his Curia – transforming the holiday pleasantry into a Pope's ultimate...
- Whether you’ve been waiting three decades or just three weeks for this, the “mountaintop” is at hand. From 4pm Rome (10am US ET), the livefeed of a Public Consistory like no other – from the Altar of...
- Fearing "Attack" On "Fundamental Values," The Bishops Warn Biden's White House
  
  As the US bishops face a moment unseen in most of their lifetimes – the nation's election of a Catholic to the Presidency – the issue of Joe Biden's faith emerged by surprise at today's public close...
- On Day Two, The "Viruses" Take Center Stage
  
  Set to begin at 1pm Eastern, this final day of a virtual – and heavily curtailed – USCCB Plenary will be underpinned by what've arguably been the two key threads of American life in 2020: the bench's...

Catholic News Service
- Cardinal: Business must ensure products, services contribute to common good
  
  NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — God creates the tree. A furniture company creates the desk. Cardinal...
- Through ups and downs, student soccer player relies on God
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — When 18-year-old Silvia “Niky” Quezada talked about what she has been through...
- Immigration advocates say DACA ruling should push Congress to act
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic immigration advocates are emphasizing that the Oct. 5 ruling by a...
- Godspeed: The last editorial
  
  Responding to editors’ requests for a regular sampling of current commentary from around the Catholic...
- USCCB, military archdiocese oppose VA’s proposed abortion services rule
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese for the Military...
- Saints have joyful hearts, not long faces, pope says
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The holiness of saints is reflected not only in how they...
- USCCB pro-life chairman calls for ‘radical solidarity’ with pregnant women
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee called for a “radical...
National Catholic Register
- Supreme Court to Hear Case of Designer Who Won’t Create Websites for Same-Sex Weddings
  
  ADF Legal Smith is the owner of 303 Creative, a graphic- and website-design business based out of Denver that she has run since 2012.
- With Roe Gone, Ohio’s First March for Life Emphasizes Support for Pregnant Women
  
  Courtesy of March for Life. On Wednesday morning before the Ohio March for Life, Youngstown’s Bishop Bonnar celebrated Mass at St. Joseph...
- Catholic Response to Mental Health Crisis: Offering a Ray of Hope For Those Suffering in Depression and Suicide
  
  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is considered a leading cause of death in the United States, with about one death...
- ‘A Fight for Justice and Survival’ in India: Catholic Church Spearheads Protests for Fishing Families Harmed by Indian Port Project
  
  National Catholic Register Clockwise from upper left: Amid protests, Archbishop Thomas Neto addresses gathering. Rows of damaged houses at Valiathura...
- Pope Francis to Meet Muslim Leaders, Small Christian Community in Bahrain
  
  Vatican Media On the second day of the visit, the Pope will give the closing speech at the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human...
- Pope Francis: ‘Saints Do Not Come From a Parallel Universe’
  
  Vatican Media The Pope highlighted how the universal call to holiness was at the heart of the Second Vatican Council.
- Opus Dei Announces an Extraordinary General Congress to Change its Statutes
  
  Photo credit: Flickr Opus Dei Communications Office Msgr. Ocáriz wrote that since the reform is an initiative of the Holy See, convening the...
News from the Vatican
- Opus Dei leader to convene summit to comply with Pope Francis’s decrees
  
  In a special note to members of his prelature, the leader of Opus Dei Thursday announced his decision to convoke a special meeting to update their statutes in light of recent changes requested by...
- Vatican marks ecology saint’s feast day with film premiere, climate accords
  
  The Vatican hosted the global premiere of a new documentary on the urgent need to address climate change on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
- True discernment requires knowing oneself, pope says
  
  To know oneself is a gift and a grace that allows Christians to properly discern between feelings and convictions, Pope Francis said.
- Pope encourages Oblates to continue serving the poor
  
  The Gospel's message of hope to the suffering and downtrodden is sorely needed in today's world, which is "enslaved by selfishness and full of contradictions and divisions," Pope Francis said.
- Pope to canonize founder of Scalabrinians, Salesian pharmacist
  
  While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are set to be canonized together Oct. 9: Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Blessed Artemide...
- Pope praises Stella Maris for serving those who work on the seas
  
  Pope Francis thanked members of the Stella Maris outreach to seafarers for their "witness of faith and countless acts of kindness and charity" and urged them to continue standing up for people...
- Pope meets group that prepared text for next phase of synod
  
  Pope Francis personally expressed his thanks to the four dozen people who read through hundreds of reports about the listening phase of the Synod of Bishops.