Headlines for February 01, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope pleads for peace at Mass in Congo
 Pope preaches peace, cooperation, resilience to a Congo ‘gasping for breath’
 Typical new US religious: 33-year-old cradle Catholic who regularly took part in Eucharistic adoration
 Pope expresses ‘great sorrow’ over ‘spiral of death’ in Holy Land, as tensions reach maximum levels
 Cardinal Zen hospitalized after Vatican trip
 Commission report: Jean Vanier violated at least 25 women
 President Biden accused of twisting Pope’s words on abortion; ‘fake Catholicism’
 Anglican bishop charges synod member with hate speech for criticizing gender theory
 Bishop Stika faces new charges in lawsuit
 Bishop Barron ‘increasingly uneasy’ with Synod’s emphasis on ‘inclusivity’ and ‘welcoming’
 Can Pope Francis’ Africa trip really bring peace?
 Australian Catholic schools to oppose LGBTQ+ teacher and student law reform proposal
 Disastrous Dutch council in 1960s: a preview of German Synodal Path?
 USCCB releases World Youth Day leader’s guide
 February papal prayer intention: for parishes

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Today's Memorial of Saints Cornelius (d. 253) and Cyprian (190-258) commemorates two friends in the service of Christ and his Church. Cornelius, a Roman, was the twenty-first Pope during the reign of the Emperor Gallus and Volusian. He had to oppose Novatian, the first anti-pope, who believed that apostates…

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