Headlines for February 26, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Gunmen open fire during Mass in Burkina Faso village; at least 15 dead
 Angelus address: ‘Never direct your eyes away from the light of Jesus’
 Ailing Pope again cancels audiences
 India’s bishops urge voters to keep country secular
 Cardinal Sarah urges unity within Church
 Church mediates truce in Mexican drug-cartel conflict
 Polish archbishop, charged with neglect, resigns
 Six religious, one priest kidnapped in Haiti
 Pope cancels meeting with Rome’s deacons due to mild flu, Vatican says
 Pontiff, Curial officials conclude retreat
 Malawi president’s leadership has failed, bishops say
 Poison in priest’s chalice seen as Mafia threat
 New major seminary opens in Vietnam
 Bishop explains Christian vision at Dubai interfaith event
 Theme of 1st Lenten sermon to Curia: ‘I am the bread of life’
 Tennessee governor signs law allowing potential officiants to refuse to solemnize a marriage
 Papal prayer for Valencia fire victims
 Vatican diplomat advocates for women
 More than 1,000 children take part in Via Crucis for peace in Jerusalem
 Vatican newspaper downplays lunar landing

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Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Fabian, Pope & Martyr; Opt Mem St. Sebastian, Martyr

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St. Fabian and St. Sebastian have always been paired together, with their names coupled in the ancient martyrologies, and still paired in the Litany of Saints. The Church today celebrates separate Optional Memorials for Sts. Fabian and Sebastian: St. Fabian (d. 250) was Pope from 236 to…

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