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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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Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, Deacon (306-373), called "the Harp of the Holy Spirit." Ephrem is the great classic Doctor of the Syrian church. As deacon at Edessa, he vigorously combated the heresies of his time, and to do so more effectively wrote poems and hymns about the…

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