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Muslim herdsman in Nigeria killed at least 49 people this week in a two-hour massacre on villages in a northern state. Victims included women and children, and at least twenty homes were destroyed. A Catholic priest in the area described the attacks as a massacre against native people, many of whom are Christian.
A Catholic parish in Boulder, Colorado, was desecrated with pro-abortion graffiti this week. The parish has a memorial to aborted babies on its front lawn. The memorial includes a display of 4,000 small white crosses, representing a baby aborted each day in the United States. The vandals also trampled or desecrated many of the crosses. Local police are investigating the incident.
The number of abortions reported in Germany is down by 8.5% from last year, according to numbers released this week. There is no clear cause for the downward trend. Abortion is legal in Germany in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The country recorded about 100,000 abortions last year.
Pope Francis has asked Catholics worldwide to pray during the month of October for every baptized person to be engaged in evangelization. The pope would like every baptized person to be witnesses of a life flavored by the Gospel. He shared his monthly prayer intention in a video released today.
Today, the Church honors Saint Jerome, a priest, monk and Doctor of the Church. Jerome is remembered for his translations of the Bible into Latin in the Vulgate.