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Indi Gregory died overnight on Monday after her life support was removed over the weekend following a UK court order. The terminally ill 8-month-old died in her mother’s arms in a hospice at 1:45 am on November 13, according to British advocacy group Christian Concern. The process to remove Gregory’s life support began on November 11, with extubation of her breathing tube and transfer to a hospice, where remaining life supporting measures were withdrawn. Born in February and baptized in September, Gregory suffered from a rare degenerative mitochondrial disease. After England’s high court ruled that it was in the child’s “best interests” to be taken off life support against her parents’ wishes, the Italian government granted the critically ill child Italian citizenship on November 6 and agreed to cover the cost of her medical treatment at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital, Bambino Gesù. A November 11 Vatican statement said Pope Francis was praying for Gregory and her family.
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The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis has relieved Bishop Joseph Strickland from his duties in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, and appointed an apostolic administrator to replace him. Strickland’s removal on November 11 comes after the Texas bishop refused a Vatican request for him to submit his resignation two days prior, according to Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Houston. The Vatican Dicastery for Bishops completed a formal investigation in the Diocese of Tyler earlier this year called an apostolic visitation, which, according to a source, looked into the bishop’s social media use and questions related to diocesan management. Strickland, 65, served as bishop of the Diocese of Tyler since 2012.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255986/breaking-pope-francis-relieves-strickland-of-his-duties-as-bishop-of-tyler
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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian missionary who spent much of her life working with Italian immigrants in the United States. Mother Cabrini, who had a deathly fear of water and drowning, crossed the Atlantic Ocean more than 30 times in service of the Church and the people she was serving. Eventually, Saint Frances became a naturalized US citizen. She died in 1917 and was canonized in 1946, just before a new wave of immigrants began to arrive in the US.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-frances-cabrini-654