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A Catholic parish in Houston held a prayer vigil this week for victims of a stampede at the Astroworld music festival. At least nine people died in the stampede, and hundreds were injured. A 9-year-old boy remains in a medically induced coma. A criminal investigation is underway.
A pro-life display at Saint Louis University was vandalized this week, shortly after it was set up. The display featured hundreds of small flags, in the shape of a cross. Each flag represented over 800 abortions performed last year, in the United States. Within hours, several young people began trampling the flags.
The archbishop of Sydney is calling on Catholics to speak out against euthanasia. The New South Wales parliament is debating a bill that would legalize euthanasia. The public inquiry period for the bill ends November 22nd.
Portugal’s bishops will create an independent commission to investigate clerical sexual abuse in the country. The bishops announced the decision this week, at the close of their plenary assembly in Fatima. Hundreds of Catholics sent a letter to the bishops ahead of the assembly, calling for an independent investigation into clerical abuse.
Today, the Roman Catholic Church and some Eastern Catholics remember Saint Josaphat. Josaphat was a bishop, monk, and martyr.