Headlines for February 04, 2025

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 Be patriotic and defend Ukraine, Pope Francis tells Ukrainian youth
 There is no greater work than evangelization, Pope tells Scandinavian pilgrims
 Syrian archbishop warns of threats against Christians, torture
 Russian Orthodox spokesman ‘bewildered, concerned’ by Vatican statements on sexuality
 New Orleans archbishop denies demanding funds from food charity
 Cardinal Becciu’s brother and Sardinian bishop indicted for embezzlement
 New York attorney general challenges Trump on gender treatment for children
 Archbishop Broglio praises Trump move to end funding for abortion-related travel
 Fear reigns despite ceasefire in Goma, Congo bishop reports
 Pope announces he will write apostolic exhortation on children
 In victory for Maine diocese, state court invalidates lifting of statute of limitations
 Arson at 17th-century Milan church
 Italian Holocaust survivor meets with Pontiff
 USCCB prelates offer Lunar New Year greetings

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Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhlūf, Priest

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The Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlūf (1828-1868) is celebrated today. He was a Lebanese monk, born in a small mountain village and ordained in 1858. Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he spent the last twenty-three years of his life as a hermit. Despite temptations to wealth and comfort, Saint…

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