Daily Catholic News:
Church leaders in Jordan have backed proposed legislation that would expand Christians’ legal options in personal status matters. The changes are expected to cover marriage, divorce, wills and adoption under the laws of their churches.
One day after leaving hospital, the Pope joined pilgrims in prayer. Five days after cancer surgery, he said he would gradually resume his activities. His surgeon, Dr. Stefano Margaritora, also said there were no clinical reasons to prevent the Pope’s planned Nov. 6–17 apostolic trip to Latin America, describing him as an ideal patient.
In Ghana, Father David Obeng Paintsil recounted escaping a car fire and encouraged devotion to the rosary, which he called a powerful prayer. In Rome, an international rosary was prayed in 13 languages ahead of the 100th World Mission Sunday. The gathering also marked 75 years since Blessed Fulton Sheen established the World Mission Rosary.