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The archbishop of San Francisco has launched a prayer campaign for the conversion of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the issue of abortion. The campaign consists of praying one rosary a week, and fasting on Fridays. Catholics can sign up online with the Benedict XVI Institute. A rose will be sent to Pelosi as a symbol of the prayers and fasting.
The next World Meeting of Families will have limited in-person attendance, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Rome in June of 2022. Participants can meet in-person, online, and in their individual dioceses, though most in-person events will be limited to around 2,000 people. Those 2,000 people will be selected by bishops conferences and family associations, to represent the church around the world.
A Catholic diocese in the Australian Outback, plans to open the first ever Catholic elementary school named for Blessed Carlo Acutis. Acutis was a young Catholic from Italy, with a passionate devotion to the Eucharist. He was the first millennial to be beatified by the Catholic Church. The Australian diocese said it hopes Acutis will inspire students in their own faith.
Today is the feast day of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Thérèse was born in France in 1973. She entered the Carmelite Monastery at 15, with the permission of the pope. She lived a life of humility, and childlike trust in God. She died of Tuberculosis at a young age. Today, millions have been inspired by her little way of loving God and neighbor. She is a Doctor of the Church.