Headlines for February 28, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope, at general audience, warns against envy and vainglory
 Vatican spokesman: Ratzinger CDF document is ‘important precedent’ for Fiducia Supplicans
 Cardinal Parolin frightened by French leader’s mention of troops in Ukraine
 Pope briefly hospitalized for tests
 The courage of Christian martyrs is a blessing for everyone, Pope says
 Outrage in Poland prompts Vatican to give reason for bishop’s resignation
 Following Texas suit, USCCB committee chairman defends Catholic efforts to serve migrants
 400 violent attacks on Catholic churches in US
 Cardinal Nichols forbids traditional Latin Mass during Triduum
 Sierra Leone’s leading prelate laments decline of Sacrament of Penance
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to plight of Kenya’s Ogiek people

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Today is Ember Wednesday, the beginning of the Spring or Lent Embertide. There are two principal objects for the Ember Days of this period of the year: the first is to offer to God the season of Spring, and, by fasting and…

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