Friday. Nov. 6
ST. NICHOLAS TAVELIC & COMPANIONS (d Jerusalem 1391)
Franciscan missionaries and Martyrs
The Croatian saint was beheaded along with Deodat of Rodez,
Petere of Narbonne, and Stephen of Cuneo, after going up to
the Muslim Qadi at the Omar Mosque, and preached the Gospel
to him, then refused to retract their statement. They came
to Jerusalem in 1384 as missionaries for the Franciscan
Custody of the Holy Land, established in 1335. Canonized in
1970, they are among 158 Franciscans martyred there since
that time.
OR today.
Two papal stories in this issue are referred to on Page 1 - the Mass offered by the Holy Father yesterday for the cardinals
and bishops who died in the past 12 months, and the news briefing on his meeting with some 260 artists at the Sistine Chapel
on Nov. 21. Other Page 1 stories: The UN recalls and relocates some of its offices in Afghanistan as Taliban threats worsen;
new international concerns over Iran which is stepping up its uranium enrichment; critical monsoon flooding in Vietnam; European
central bank follows the US Federal Reserve in keeping interest rates unchanged.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met with
- H.E. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with his delegation
- Bishops of Brazil (South Sector I), on ad limina visit
And this afternoon with
- Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (weekly meeting)
- Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
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