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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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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