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Sunday, Oct. 4

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1181-1226)
Founded the Order of Friars Minor
Co-Patron of Italy



OR today.


The Pope returns from Castel Gandolfo and opens Special Synodal Assembly for Africa
today. Other Page 1 storiesL IAEA head going to Iran preparatory to inspection of
previously-secret nuclear facility in Qom; Europe anticipates Ireland approving Lisbon
Treaty in second referendum; and Italy copes with deadly mudslide in Messina.

The teaser photo at the bottom of page 1 is a detail from a Fra Angelico fresco in the Niccoline Chapel which is part of the Vatican Museums open to nighttime visitors. An inside page article shows one full panel and another detail from the little-known frescoes painted by the Florentine monk and his pupil Benozzo Gozzoli.



THE POPE'S DAY

Opening Mass of Second Special Synodal Assembly for Africa.

Angelus.


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