Headlines for February 23, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Human rights must have objective basis, Vatican official tells UN
 Irish archbishops appeal to prime minister to allow some return to worship
 Archbishop content as church vandals arraigned
 Pope asks new Swiss bishop to serve until 2026
 Vatican diplomat calls for renewed commitment to multilateralism
 Religious superior failed to tell other dioceses that priest had been banned from ministry
 Court prohibits enforcement of South Carolina’s new fetal heartbeat law
 Leading Argentine prelate deplores vaccination scandal
 In Lenten message, Chilean bishops apologize for abuse
 EU bishops’ commission calls for universal vaccine access
 South Sudan’s Christian leaders call for peace, security, and stability
 Cardinal: New nuclear ban treaty will give non-nuclear states leverage in international law
 Sole African-American Jesuit in formation reflects on racism
 Norwegian bishop celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass in the snow

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Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot

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Today is the Memorial of St. Benedict (480-547), who was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit, he had acquired such a reputation that disciples…

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