Friday, Oct. 9
ST. DENIS & COMPANIONS (d. 258)
Martyrs under Emperor Valerian
St. Denis, an Italian, was the first Bishop of Paris.
He is depicted carrying his head in his hands.
OR today.
The only papal story in today 's issue is the Holy Father's meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Other Page 1 stories: An editorial about how Africa is under-represented in world forums like the G20 that
decide global economic and financial policy; a Congolese archbishop leaves the current Synodal assembly
because of worsening conflict in Bukavu, with parishes burned and local people taken hostage for ransom;
the Taliban in Afghanistan attack the Indian embassy in Kabul; the UN Security Council agrees to discuss
the Goldstone report accusing both Hamas and Israeli of war crimes during the Gaza conflict in late 2008;
Riyadh and Damascus re-start inter-Arab dialog.
Above photos illustrate three inside-page stories: president Napolitano and Cardinal Bertone open a Rome exhibit on the "the Power and the Glory: the Patron Saints of Europe"; Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I addresses the World Council of Churches' commission on faith and constitutions, saying Christian unity requires an attitude of indulgence rather than impatience; and Sisters of the Visitation take over the Vatican's resident monastery of nuns in the service of the Pope, after 5 years of the Benedictines.
THE POPE'S DAY
No scheduled events for the Holy Father today, but the Friday morning bulletin from the Synodal assembly says
he attended the session. He did not attend the afternoon session.
The Vatican released the text of the Holy See representative's intervention on religious freedom
to a meeting of the UN's European Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights that met in Warsaw
on Sept. 28-Oct. 8
[Excellent statement on religious freedom, posted in full in the CHURCH&VATICAN thread].
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 09/10/2009 21:59]