Headlines for February 15, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Reflecting on healing of leper, Pope stresses God’s ‘nearness, compassion, and tenderness’
 Pope praises Swedish initiative for scholarly interreligious dialogue
 Papal tribute to Holy Land Commissaries
 Papal message highlights importance of pulses for international food security
 New Arkansas law limits Covid restrictions on religious organizations
 Irish bishops decry assisted-suicide bill
 Egyptian village celebrates anniversary of Coptic martyrs
 In UK, fury at ‘do not resuscitate’ notices given to Covid patients with learning disabilities
 Nuns, priests join Myanmar anti-coup protests
 Vatican prelates, leading Russian Orthodox official discuss Christian response to pandemic
 Michigan mayor asks priest to apologize for sermon on homosexuality
 President Biden reestablishes White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
 A venerable Vatican: many current Curial leaders are past retirement age
 In lawsuit, ex-seminarian alleges North American College forced him out because heʼs heterosexual
 Bishop sprays holy water from firetruck to cleanse Colombian city

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Ash Wednesday, the Beginning of Lent: The time has arrived in the Church year for the solemn observance of the great central act of history, the redemption of the human race by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the Roman Rite, the beginning of the forty days of penance is marked with the austere…

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