Headlines for February 20, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinal Schönborn to German bishops: Maintain unity with Rome
 Priests under increased surveillance in Nicaragua; Ortega regime reportedly approving diocesan appointments
 Cardinal Zen renews criticism of Fiducia Supplicans
 Haitian bishop hurt in house explosion
 Papal envoy calls for ceasefire in Gaza
 Oregon bishop: no blessings for same-sex couples
 Retiring Vatican archivist publishes book, criticizes Pius XII’s sainthood cause
 Long after Pope’s abuse summit, victims still traumatized by the system meant to address their cases
 In US, almost all Catholic women’s colleges admit men who identify as women
 Alabama Supreme Court: Wrongful death law covers destruction of frozen embryos
 European bishops announce Lenten initiative for peace, Synod
 Vatican commissions street artist to illustrate Pope’s Lenten message
 ‘Deadly desert’: Vatican newspaper draws attention to plight of migrants in Niger

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Tuesday of the First Week of Advent

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Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Bibiana (died c. 361) who was martyred at Rome under Julian the Apostate around the year 361. The Church also commemorates St. Silverius (480-537), who was pope for a very short time in 546-7 A.D. But his brief pontificate made him a…

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