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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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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