1. Pope's message at his weekly general audience: Welcoming life as God’s gift corrects a vision of life interpreted as a problem to be eliminated.
2. The Holy Father's monthly prayer intention video, just released.
3. During the synod press conference, Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg talks about how bishops need to do a new kind of personal discernment.
4. Briana Santiago, one of the youth auditors from Texas, speaks to the media about being the first of the youth auditors to present her intervention to the pope and to the synod fathers.
5. Fr. Michael Czerny reflects on how the synod is relevant to migrants and refugees.
6. What young people attending the synod are looking for in terms of leadership and how they believe they can help to heal the Church.
7.  The Bishop of Scotland shares his experience with young people and what he feels his brother bishops need to do to help youth discover a spiritual life.

• Positive reviews for Canadian bishops’ sex abuse document, but hard work is ahead. The Canadian Catholic bishops’ new sexual abuse document released Oct. 4 sets the right tone, say observers, but now the hard work of implementation begins.
• Christian bakers win ‘gay cake’ case at UK Supreme Court. The court ruled there was no discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or political opinion.
• Muslims defied the Islamic State to save two ancient Christian manuscripts in Mosul. A family hid for three years two books containing Syriac Orthodox rituals.
• Synod: Young Indonesian auditor brings unique perspective. Anastasia Indrawan, a member of the Youth Commission of the Indonesian Bishops’ Conference, is one of the young auditors at the Synod of Bishops who brings the perspective of the Church living on the margins of society.
• Kim Jong-un opens window to Pope visit. South Korea's Moon to relay open invitation to Pope Francis at the Vatican this month.
• 40,000 young people in Warsaw pray together for synod. About 40,000 young people gathered Saturday at the National Stadium in Warsaw to pray for the synod of bishops taking place in Rome this month.

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