| Diocese of Rome: Thousands expected at Vatican for ecumenical prayer vigil ahead of synod |
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| The prayer service will take place just days before the launch of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome over the course of October. |
| England’s historic Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham gets new rector |
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| The ancient medieval shrine is one of the oldest religious sites in England and is considered “a significant place in converting England back to the Catholic faith.” |
| Swiss bishop calls for women’s ordination, end to celibacy ahead of synod |
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| “It’s time to abolish mandatory celibacy,” Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel told the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag on Sept 24. |
| German bishops in tug of war over blessing same-sex unions |
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| Ahead of the bishops’ meeting several priests conducted an event blessing same-sex couples outside the iconic Cologne Cathedral. |
| Abducted priest in Nigeria released, diocese ‘grateful’ |
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| Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide, a parish priest at St. Mary Amofia-Agu Affa Parish in the Enugu Diocese, was set free on Thursday evening, Sept. 21. |
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