Headlines for February 29, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope warns Armenia’s bishops against ecclesiastical ambition
 Let Jesus guide efforts to protect rights, Pope tells Argentine judges
 France advances pro-abortion amendment to constitution
 Cardinal Burke launches novena for ‘a very troubled time’
 ‘Demos II’—identified as cardinal—writes ‘profile of the next Pope’
 Spanish archdiocese decries same-sex wedding in Catholic chapel
 Ukrainian Church opens beatification cause for former leader
 Papal condemnation of landmines
 Haitian bishop recovering in Miami after explosion at home
 Vatican overturns Canadian archbishop’s decision to close parish
 Man breaks into, vandalizes Oregon monastery
 Bishop named for troubled French archdiocese
 Group of US, Canadian, Latin American bishops hold summit
 In Alaska, permanent deacons are primary spiritual leaders in remote villages

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Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641). St. Jane was a married woman and a mother of seven children from Dijon, France. Her husband was killed in a hunting accident. In 1604, upon being deeply moved by the preaching of Francis de Sales, Jane asked him to become her…

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