Weekly News Roundup September 27, 2023

Our stories this week include: (1) the upcoming ecumenical prayer vigil in Rome that will precede and basically introduce the Synod on Synodality general assembly (opens Oct. 4); (2) the current status of ex-Jesuit Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik (found guilty in 2020 by the CDF for grave delicts) and the Rome-based Aletto Center he founded; (3) Bishop Joseph Strickland's latest pastoral letter in which he focuses on the "LGBTQ agenda" and same-sex "blessings" ahead of the Synod on Synodality; and (4) Elon Musk's response to accusations that X (formerly Twitter) is the top purveyor of vaccine-related disinformation.