Tuesday, Oct. 6
ST. BRUNO OF COLOGNE
(b Germany c. 1030, d Italy 1101)
Confessor
Founder, Order of Carthusians
OR for 10/05-10/06:
At the start of the working sessions of the Synodal assembly for Africa,
the Pope recalls that faith must be transformed to charity
in order to renew the world:
'The universality of love brings down barriers between tribes, races and religions'
This issue includes coverage of the Synodal assembly's opening Mass on Sunday, with the Holy Father's homily and Angelus messages; and of the first general congregation Monday morning, with the texts of the Holy Father's opening meditation, and the opening remarks and reports made by Cardinal Arinze, one of three preidents-delegate of the Assembly; the Secretary-General of the Bishops' Synod; and the general moderator of the assembly.
Page 1 international stories: Iran authorizes inspection of previously secret nuclear facility in Qom; North Korea says it is ready to resume multilateral talks on nuclear disarmament, but also wants one-on-one talks with the US; and terrorists target UN offices in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father attended this morning's third general congregation of the synodal assembly on Africa,
and delivered a response in English to the intervention by the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia.
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