The Catholic Digital News 2016-10-08 (Special Issue: Pope Francis in Georgia and Azerbaijan)

The Catholic Digital News gathers the week's most important news stories involving the Catholic Church and publishes them within a single digital volume. Each edition is beautifully formatted with full-color images and features world, national, and Vatican news, plus opinion pieces, entertainment reviews, and daily Mass readings. This issue covers the events of the week ending October 8, 2016.

THE CATHOLIC DIGITAL NEWS
Volume 2, Issue 15
October 8, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL ISSUE: POPE FRANCIS IN GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN

VATICAN NEWS
Pope Francis lands in Georgia, urges peace in region
The pope's meeting with Georgian Orthodox patriarch
In Georgia, pope finds a country of Christian tensions
Georgian Catholics to imitate St. Therese's 'little way'
Pope blasts gender theory as the 'enemy' of marriage
Disabled youth perform a special dance for the pontiff
Argentina told pope won't make it back home in 2017
Georgian Orthodox invited to a unity through baptism
In Azerbaijan, faith, service meld Christian life as one
Pope Francis praises religious harmony in Azerbaijan
Civil society must always guarantee religious freedom
Pope green-lights beatification for Fr. Jacques Hamel
Love those who struggle but don't back gender theory
Full transcript of the pope's in-flight press conference
Francis visits Amatrice to pray for earthquake victims
Papal prayer intention is for journalists to tell the truth
Pope Francis looking for a diplomatic thaw with China
The pope seeks new closeness to Caucasus nations
Francis describes the benefits of sports for all people
Pope Francis meets with Anglican Archbishop Welby
Youth and discernment picked as 2018 synod themes
Holy Spirit helps us dodge ignorance of legalistic faith
Pope prays for Haiti devastated by hurricane Matthew
Francis calls charity the heart of all missionary action
Sistine Chapel Choir releases Jubilee of Mercy album

WORLD NEWS
Vandal destroys statues across four Roman churches
What's next for Georgia Catholics after the papal visit
English bishop tells how to live out the Year of Mercy
Bishops urge calm after Colombians veto FARC deal
Irish archbishop fights new push to legalize abortions
Relief moving to Haiti after Hurricane Matthew strikes
Catholic groups across globe divesting from fossil fuel
Nigerian bishop on Boko Haram decline due to rosary
Over a million Syrian children sign a petition for peace
Argentine priest who denounced drug traffickers killed
Al-Qaeda ally attacks Christians in Kenya border town
Colombia's President Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize
U.N. Secretary General nominee is a faithful Catholic

U.S. NEWS
Bill protects churches with political views from the IRS
Archbishop urges public officials to rely on Holy Spirit
Vermont law asks doctors to discuss suicide 'benefits'
2016 VP nominees: A tale of two Catholic candidates
Catholic bioethicists face range of murky moral issues
Anchorage and Arlington dioceses have new bishops
Catholic university issues its domestic violence toolkit
Alaska's new national shrine to St. Therese of Lisieux
What the VP candidates said about abortion in debate
Nebraska Catholics add support for death penalty ban
Donald Trump submits open letter to Catholic leaders
Theologian knocks Kaine's personal view on abortion
Federal court blocks Pence's ban for Syrian refugees
New Arlington bishop devoted to Holy Name of Jesus
N.Y. archdiocese to compensate its sex abuse victims

FEATURES
101-year-old Brazil woman receives First Communion
Communion of saints versus satellites and the Internet
On feast day, will the real St. Francis please stand up?
Yeast as biblical metaphor: Elisabeth and Felix Leseur
Mark Wahlberg's online video on why he loves priests
81-year-old woman gets a 'Don't Euthanize Me' tattoo
Movie reviews: 'Miss Peregrine' and 'Girl on the Train'

SCRIPTURE READINGS
October 9, 2016
October 10, 2016
October 11, 2016
October 12, 2016
October 13, 2016
October 14, 2016
October 15, 2016