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The parable Jesus tells in our Gospel today perfectly encapsulates the phrase: “Don’t shoot the messenger.” Jesus is palpably frustrated with the lack of faith and comprehension shown by the chief priests and elders. How could the chief priests reject God himself when he’s right in front of their noses?  As a result, he tells the story of the vineyard owner who is wronged by his tenant farmers: First they steal his produce, then they hurt his servants and messengers, and finally even put his son to death.  It’s a story of unbelievable proportions, or so it seems. At the end, Jesus puts the question to his hearers:  What would you do if you were the vineyard owner? Their answer is simple: Put those wicked men to death.

VATICAN CITY — Even when physical proximity is impossible, Catholic communicators can use the media to reach out to people, help them experience the closeness of the church and invite them to follow Jesus more closely, the Vatican said.

Ann Marie Gallagher Lanzillotta of Arlington, a longtime volunteer for diocesan Catholic Charities, St. Ann School, Marymount University and other organizations, died Sept. 10 at home surrounded by family after a short illness. She was 90. 

WASHINGTON — If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Notre Dame Law School graduate to sit on the bench of the nation's highest court and the only sitting justice with a law degree not from Harvard or Yale.

WASHINGTON ?— Eight days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 26 that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, is his nominee to fill that seat.