Headlines for February 12, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Listen and act with concern, as Christ did, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope Francis canonizes ‘Mama Antula,’ Argentine consecrated woman
 Pope meets with Argentine President Milei
 Italian theologian reports Pope favors female diaconate
 Have high moral qualities, sacrifice for the common good: papal remarks to police officers
 The hands, the eyes, the feet: papal encouragement for craftsmen
 Pope Francis: The Church is close to all who are sick or frail
 Make technology serve the person, Pope urges
 Vatican studying false mysticism as portal to abuse
 Nicaragua’s crackdown on Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile
 Scientist whose research paved way for COVID vaccine named to Pontifical Academy for Life
 More Israeli settlers moving to West Bank
 Pontiff splits Paraguayan diocese in two
 Attorney rues Catholic failures to save marriages, oppose divorce
 Tanzania’s president meets with Pope

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Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs

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The Church commemorates the Optional Memorial of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong (1746-1815). He was a Chinese diocesan priest who was martyred with his 119 other Chinese Catholics. Among their number was an eighteen-year-old boy, Chi Zhuzi, who cried out to those who had just cut off his right arm and were…

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