Monday, August 31
SAINTS JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA & NICODEMUS
Pharisees who became Disciples of Christ
Both were said to be at the Deposition of Christ from the Cross; Joseph offered his tomb.
According to legend, Joseph ended up in England to which he brought the Holy Grail.
No OR today.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
- Mons. Vincenzo Paglia, Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, with Professors Andrea Riccardi and Marco Impagliazzo,
founder and president, respectively, of the St. Egidio Community,
- Mons. Livio Melina, President of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies on Matrimony and the Family,
at the Pontifical Lateran University.
The Vatican announced that the Holy Father has accepted the resignations of Mons. Joseph Martino
and Mons. John Dougherty, Bishop and Auxiliary Bishop, respectively, of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
[A US report says Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia will be appointed apostolic administrator of
the Scranton diocese until a new bishop is named.
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