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TODAY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion
Saint Maurice and The Theban Legion numbered more than six thousand men. The legion had been conscripted from the very Christian areas surrounding Thebes, Egypt hence the name of the legion. They marched from the East into Gaul, and proved their loyalty at once to their Emperor and to their God. They were encamped near the Lake of Geneva, under the Emperor Maximian, when they got orders to offer sacrifices to the Roman gods and turn their swords against the Christian population. This Christian legion refused to obey the order. In his fury Maximian ordered them to be “decimated”, meaning every tenth soldier killed as an example.
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Pope Benedict XVI wrote 'the issue of marriage and family has taken on a new dimension that cannot be ignored.'
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