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Wednesday, July 28, 17th Week in Ordinary Time
ST. LEOPOLD MANDIC (b Montenegro 1887, d Italy 1942), Capuchin, Apostle of the Confessional
Baptized Bogdan, the saint was born to a family of noble Croatian origin. At 16, he entered the Franciscan seminary in Udine, northern Italy, took the name Leopold, and was ordained a Capuchin at age 24. He lived in Italy for the rest of his life, eventually settling in Padua. Suffering from physical deformity (he was only 4'4"), stuttering and a variety of ailments all his life, Leopold taught patrology (the study of the Church Fathers) in Franciscan seminaries, But he was best known for his zeal in promoting confession, often spending 13-16 hours a day hearing confessions. His dream was to preach to the Orthodox Christians and promote reunification of the Church, but his poor health never allowed him to be a missionary. He died of esophageal cancer in Padua in 1942, and was canonized in 1982.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/072810.shtml
No papal stories in today's OR, but there is an interview with the Archbishop of Compostela on the recent Dia de Santiago and the Pope's coming visit, and a story on the celebration of the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anna on Monday at the Vatican, where the parish church is dedicated to St. Ann (Cardinals Vallini, Comastri and Canizares offered Masses). Page 1 international news: The IMF says the Chinese yuan is still grossly undervalued; hackers dump secret US Defense Department documents on the war in Afghanistan and claim that war crimes were committed by US forces; the European Union expresses concern over the continued weakness of human rights compliance in the Sudan; armed Brazilian tribal natives occupy an Amazon power plant and hold teh workers hostage until they are paid indemnity for the use of their tribal lands. In the inside pages, a tribute to 1960 - the year of Fellini's La Dolce Vita - as the peak year for Italian cinema.
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