Headlines for February 02, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope urges youth in Congo toward prayer, peace
 Victims of violence in Congo share their grief with Pope
 USCCB president: bishops are united against evil of abortion
 Archbishop Aquila responds to Cardinal McElroy’s article on ‘radical inclusion’
 US bishops’ religious liberty chairman on proposed rule for ‘contraceptive mandate’
 Indian Catholics demand strict action in Bible burning incident
 Catholic school students kicked out of Smithsonian museum in DC over pro-life beanies
 Stop blaming apartheid regime for South Africa’s failures, bishops say
 Cardinal George Pell: Mourners and protesters clash at Sydney funeral
 In Congo, activists look to Pope to boost forest protections
 ‘Listening to the West’: Vatican hosts conference on synodality
 Synod preparations reveal plans for radical change
 Background: World Day for Consecrated Life
 Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties

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Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major

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We celebrate today the Optional Memorial of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four most illustrious churches of Rome. While each diocese and parish keeps its own dedication anniversary, the universal Church commemorates the consecration of the four great Roman basilicas, the…

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