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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Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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The Church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Roman Martyrology states Mary was "of the lineage of Abraham, born of the tribe of Judah and of the progeny of King David, from whom the Son of God was born, made man by the work of the Holy Spirit, to free humanity…

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