Headlines for February 22, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Australian bishop faces multiple criminal charges
 Pope opposes reform on abuse, victims’ advocate charges
 Russian Orthodox reject Fiducia Supplicans
 Philippine bishops deplore Chinese incursions into territorial waters
 Ukrainian bishops reject compromise with Russia
 End to celibacy could attract more men to priesthood: Cardinal Hollerich
 Texas attorney general files suit against Catholic migrant shelter
 India’s Cardinal Ferrão elected head of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences
 Vatican announces theme for World Day of Migrants
 Papal delegate to troubled French lay association resigns
 USCCB announces ‘Love Means More’ initiative
 US State Department official has ‘whirlwind day’ at Vatican
 Vandalism at Philadelphia shrine causes $20,000 damage
 German cab driver faces fine for Jesus decal
 ‘Opium’ of new ministries erodes credibility of Catholicism, priest tells Nigeria’s bishops
 Canadian Christian leaders issue joint pastoral letter on Ukraine
 Dicastery for Evangelization publishes resource for Year of Prayer
 DR Congo bishops plead for prayers for peace as jihadist violence intensifies
 ‘Under bombs and without food’: Vatican newspaper laments Gaza suffering

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