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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Memorial of St. John Bosco, Priest

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. John Bosco (1815-1888). He was born in Italy, and was the founder of the Salesian Society, named in honor of St. Francis de Sales, and of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians. His lifework was the welfare of young boys and girls, hence his title, "Apostle of…

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